Deputy Mayor Of Solo Tested Positive For COVID-19, Jokowi Will Immediately Carry Out A Swab Test

President Joko Widodo (Photo: Indonesian Cabinet Secretariat)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will conduct a swab test faster than usual. This was done after the Deputy Mayor of Solo, Achmad Purnomo, was confirmed positive for COVID-19 after undergoing two swab tests after meeting with President Joko Widodo, Thursday, July 16.

"The president and all his apparatus will soon speed up the swab test schedule. The President's schedule is today a routine medical test," said Head of Presidential Secretariat Heru Budi Hartono when contacted by reporters, Friday, July 24.

However, he remains confident that the President and his staff and staff at the Presidential Palace remain safe from COVID-19. Moreover, the result of his swab was negative.

"I am sure and I hope that the palace will remain sterile. For example, I just swabed yesterday and the results were negative and I often and every day interact with the President," he said.

This belief, continued Heru, is increasing because every time he receives a guest, the former Governor of DKI Jakarta always applies health protocols.

"Apart from that, guests who enter the palace must have a rapid test and the President and his equipment routinely carry out swabs," he said.

It is known that a positive result was received by Achmad Purnomo after he underwent a swab test on Friday, July 17 after he met President Jokowi.

The day after that, Saturday, July 18, he returned to run the swab test at the direction of the Surakarta City Health Office. After undergoing two tests, he later tested positive for COVID-19.

Previously, Purnomo met President Jokowi on Thursday, July 16 at the State Palace, Jakarta. This meeting was held before the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) made recommendations for President Joko Widodo's eldest son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka to advance in the 2020 Pilwalkot Solo.