Ponpes Cluster Appears In Gunung Kidul, 17 Santri Positive For COVID-19

Head of the Gunung Kidul Health Service, Dewi Irawaty. (ANTARA/Sutarmi)

GUNUNG KIDUL - A total of 17 students at one of the Islamic boarding schools in Karangmojo District, Gunung Kidul Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region, were confirmed positive for COVID-19. So that today there is a daily addition of COVID-19 as many as 18 new cases.

"Today, a cluster of Islamic boarding schools (ponpes) has emerged in Karangmojo sub-district. The addition of this case has entered the Islamic boarding school cluster," said Head of the Gunung Kidul Health Service, Dewi Irawaty in Gunung Kidul, as reported by Antara, Thursday, October 14.

He said his party was still investigating the case of students from the Islamic boarding school. However, he did not explain the chronology of the emergence of the Islamic boarding school cluster.

"What is clear at this time is that we are investigating so that it does not spread. Then 17 positive COVID-19 students are self-isolating," she said. Dewi said today there were 18 new cases added, and 10 confirmed cases of COVID-19 completed isolation. The total number of positive confirmed cases in Gunung Kidul Regency during the COVID-19 pandemic was 17,872 cases, with details of 16,774 recovering cases, and 1,024 deaths.

"Currently, there are 74 active cases undergoing isolation or treatment," said Dewi.

He said that in general, daily cases continued to slop, although his party appealed to the public not to ignore health protocols. According to him, actually the Gunung Kidul area has dropped from level 3 to level 2.

"If it is made by section, in fact there are already three districts in DIY whose conditions are down, including Gunung Kidul. However, the decision to step down or not is not the district government's authority. Everything is determined by the central government. We hope the community waits for a decision until October 18," he said. .*