Bareskrim Sends New Case Samples Failed Accounting For BPOM

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The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police conducted an initial investigation of two new cases of atypical progressive acute kidney failure (GGAPA) in Jakarta. The deepening sample has been submitted to the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM).

"We are conducting an investigation, we have sent the samples to BPOM," said the Director of Certain Crimes at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency Brigadier General Pipit Rismanto when confirmed, Tuesday, February 7.

However, Pipit said that his party could not further explore the case. The reason is that BPOM has preliminary evidence.

The investigation process can only be carried out if later BPOM submits or asks for assistance from the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police.

"Because the samples are not us who secure them. This means that we also cannot deepen, unless the BPOM has submitted them to us," said Pipit.

Previously, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health M. Syahril said that currently there are two new cases of GGAPA in Jakarta after no new cases since early December last year. One patient in the acute kidney failure case died.

With the report of additional new cases of GGAPA, as of February 5, 326 GGAPA cases were recorded and one suspect spread across 27 provinces in Indonesia. Of these, 116 cases were declared cured, while six cases are still undergoing treatment at the Jakarta RSCM.

"The addition of cases was recorded this year, one case was confirmed by GGAPA and one suspected case," said Syahril