For Middle And High School Students In Depok, Get Ready For October 18 Random Swab Test At School

Photo via Depok City Government

JAKARTA - The Depok City Government (Pemkot) will conduct a random swab test to school residents who carry out Limited Face-to-face Learning (PTMT). The random swab is planned to start on 18 October.

Head of the Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) Division of the Depok City Health Office, Umi Zakiati admitted that she had made initial coordination with the Education Office (Disdik), the Disdik Branch Office (KCD) and the Depok Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) regarding the random swab implementation. The selected school is proposed from the Health Office and then approved by the Disdik.

"The number of schools is being processed, from junior high school to equivalent," said Umi, quoted from the Depok City Government, Tuesday, October 12.

He said the random swab targets were school residents. Starting from teachers, admin or support staff and students.

"The number of samples taken is 10,730 samples throughout the city of Depok," said Umi.

It is known, Depok City started running PTMT since 4 October yesterday. During this week, the Depok City Education Office (Disdik) also ensured that the implementation of PTMT, which was attended by all levels of education, ran smoothly and safely.