Brothers in Batam Corona positive, infected neighbors who have died

BATAM, KOMPAS.com – The Batam city (Pemkot) government has again released data on Batam citizens exposed to the corona virus or Covid-19. These data are the result of a swab inspection performed by the BTKLPP Batam analyst team, based on the results screening and track the closest contact of 035 confirmed positive cases that have died.

Dr. Didi Sumarjadi, head of the Batam City Health Service, said that Covid-19 was confirmed in this case as a family made up of his brother and younger siblings.

They are neighbors of case 035 Batam. These sisters are currently in independent quarantine at their place of residence.

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The details of this case are two 14-year-old and 20-year-old men who became the 040 and 041 Batam case, and an 18-year-old woman as the 042 Batam case.

“During this time, the daily needs of this family and even the provision of school snacks involved a large amount of assistance from their neighbors, that is, the family of the late Mr. DD, which is the case of 035 Batam who died,” Didi said by phone on Monday (11/05/2020)

After the Batam 035 case was revealed, the brothers performed a rapid test whose results were nonreactive on May 2, 2020. Then, on May 8, 2020, a swab test was performed and the results on Monday (11 / 05/2020) were positive.

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The older brother who is 20 years old is a student, and in addition to studying, he also works and cares for his three younger brothers. While her mother is abroad for working as a migrant worker.

“Right now, all three are in the process of preparing for isolation treatment for additional medical care at the Embung Fatimah Hospital referral hospital in Batam,” Didi explained.