60 Percent Of COVID-19 Cases In Bekasi From Industrial Clusters, 12,000 Workers Immediately Swab

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JAKARTA - At least 60 percent of COVID-19 cases in Bekasi, West Java, were contributed from the industrial sector cluster. To suppress this case, 12,000 factory workers in Bekasi will undergo a COVID-19 swab test.

The mass swab test of tens of thousands of factory workers will be carried out in the near future. This is waiting for the readiness of a centralized isolation place.

"We are preparing a centralized isolation location because there is a concern that there will be a spike in cases after the implementation of this mass swab test," said Deputy Chair of the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19 in Bekasi District Hendra Gunawan in Cikarang, as reported by Antara, Monday, November 30.

The West Java Provincial government together with the TNI and Polri as well as the local government are paying special attention to the industrial sector by conducting a series of mass swab tests in stages.

"In the first phase, we will carry out 12,000 mass swab tests for the next 12 days or 1,000 tests per day," he said.

Hendra Gunawan, who is also the Head of the Bekasi Metro Police, hopes that this mass swab test will be able to detect and catch factory workers who are known to be positive for COVID-19 without symptoms.

"This is also an effort to cut off the spread of COVID-19 cases, so the positive ones are immediately treated and quarantined centrally," he said.

Currently, his party is preparing to increase capacity in a centralized independent isolation location, Wisma President University Jababeka, Jalan Ki Hajar Dewantara, Simpangan Village, Cikarang Utara District.

"That's why we are preparing for the addition of the original 60 rooms to more than 500," he said.