Jakarta – The COVID-19 positivity rate amongst health employees is presently high, representative for the Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, has notified.
” The positivity rate of our health employees is high. On average, there are five health employees testing positive out of 8 (health employees) checked,” she informed ANTARA here on Wednesday.
Based on initial information gathered from 4 Jakarta hospitals, as of February 6, 2022, more than 30 percent of health workers in the health centers had actually been exposed to COVID-19, she added.
The four medical facilities were the Drug Dependency Treatment Healthcare Facility (RSKO) with 63 percent positivity rate, Fatmawati Healthcare facility 41 percent, Sulianti Saroso Hospital 40 percent, and Harapan Kita Heart Healthcare Facility 39 percent, Tarmizi stated.
” It is simply the initial data. Presently, the number of health workers tested is still low,” she added.
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Separately, chairman of the central executive board (DPP) of the Indonesian Nurses Association (PPNI), Harif Fadillah, said that up until now, at least 20 nurses from the association have actually been exposed to COVID-19
The number has been reported through the online system of the national PPNI network because January 1, 2022, he added.
” Nevertheless, there are still numerous members who have not filled out the PPNI tracking link yet,” he said.
According to Fadillah, PPNI members who have actually checked positive have primarily experienced moderate or no symptoms.
” We encourage those who are exposed now to self-isolate,” he stated.
Head of the Working Group of the Indonesian Society of Respirology (PDPI), Erlina Burhan, verified that specialist physicians have actually started to be exposed to COVID-19 in the last few days.
” There are already those who have been exposed to COVID-19, and the number continues to grow because the Omicron variant is really contagious. I do not have the specific number,” she stated.
The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Indonesia in March2020 According to data provided by the COVID-19 Managing Task Force, as of February 9, 2022, Indonesia has recorded 4,626,936 COVID-19 cases, 4,216,328 healings, and 144,784 deaths.
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