Surakarta Deputy Mayor Achmad Purnomo Is Positive For COVID-19

Deputy Mayor of Surakarta Achmad Purnomo (ANTARA / Aris Wasita)

JAKARTA - Deputy Mayor of Surakarta, Achmad Purnomo, tested positive for COVID-19 based on the results of a swab test he took on Saturday, July 18.

"Yes, positive, currently he is undergoing independent isolation," said Surakarta Ahyani, Head of the Daily Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19 in the City of Surakarta, quoted by Antara, Friday, July 24.

He said that after taking the swab test himself, Purnomo attended the plenary meeting. In fact, on Thursday, July 16, Purnomo had a history of travel from Jakarta. Therefore, there will be a swab test on the results of Purnomo's close contact tracing.

"The result (Purnomo's swab test) will come out if not on Wednesday, Thursday. But since yesterday he has been asked to rest, this also did not participate in the projo mider," he said.

He said the search was not carried out on all those who interacted with Purnomo, but only those who had close and close contact.

Meanwhile, when contacted, Purnomo was reluctant to explain his status. He asked that his condition be immediately asked to the Health Office.

He said he had taken the swab test twice, namely on Friday and Saturday last week. He said the first swab test was negative.

"The second result tends to be positive, so it cannot be concluded yet," he said.

However, until now there have been no complaints.