School COVID-19 Clusters Appear In Central Java, Deputy Governor Convinced PTM Jakarta Will Not Generate Clusters

Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Riza Patria/ DOK VOI- Rizky Adytia

JAKARTA - The COVID-19 cluster has re-emerged in schools. Currently, the implementation of face-to-face learning (PTM) in Central Java, namely Purbalingga and Jepara, has dozens of COVID-19 cases from students participating in PTM.

Then, how about in Jakarta? Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria claimed that until today, limited PTMs in the Capital City had not yet created a COVID-19 cluster.

"We are, to this day, optimistic that PTM will not cause clusters," said Riza at DKI City Hall, Central Jakarta, Wednesday, September 22.

However, recently the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) noted that there were 25 school COVID-19 clusters in Jakarta.

The findings of this cluster are recorded in real time data belonging to the Ministry of Education and Technology on the school.data.kemdikbud.go.id website. This data was collected from a survey of 900 school respondents.

It was also noted that 227 educators and education staff were confirmed positive for COVID-19 and 241 students were confirmed positive for COVID-19.

In response to this, Riza admitted that his party still needed to re-check the information on the COVID-19 cluster from the Ministry of Education and Culture.

"We still need to check the information again. Later, Mrs. Widya (Head of the DKI Health Office) will re-check the certainty," he said.

However, Riza emphasized that the implementation of PTM is limited in Jakarta, which is currently being held in 610 schools in general, complies with health protocol rules.

"So far, we believe that the progress carried out by PTM in schools is in accordance with the existing mechanism, SOP. Even though someone will be infected later, it is possible that it is on the way or at home, not at school," he explained.