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SAMARINDA, KOMPAS.com – Berau Regency Regent H Muharram died at Pertamina Hospital, Balikpapan, on Tuesday afternoon (9/22/2020).
Muharram closed the era of continuing to have a positive Covid-19 status. He has been treated since testing positive last Wednesday (9/9/2020).
“Initially he improved, but this afternoon the condition worsened until he stopped breathing,” said the director of Kanujoso Hospital, Djatiwibowo, Eddy Iskandar when contacted. Kompas.com, Tuesday in the afternoon.
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Eddy said that in the past two days he had visited Muharram at Pertamina Hospital.
Muharram was treated in the ICU with a breathing apparatus.
Since testing positive, Muharram has undergone 13 days of intensive care at Pertamina Hospital.
Regent Muharram is known to have tested positive for Covid-19 at Kanujoso Regional Hospital while undergoing a medical examination for the 2020 Pilkada advancement requirements, on Wednesday (9/9/2020).
After testing positive, Muharram himself announced that it was confirmed by video recording.
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Through the video, Muharram is considered positive for Covid-19 due to his negligence in interacting with someone. For that he apologized.
“I apologize profusely to all the people of Berau Regency for this incident. Some time ago I interacted with someone. So it happened like this,” the video says.
At the time, Muharram admitted that he did not experience any serious symptoms. I just have headaches and flu.
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Prior to testing positive for Covid-19, Muharram had accompanied Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo during a visit to Maratua, Berau, on September 1, 2020.
The agenda for Edhy’s visit to Berau is to release 300 hatchlings or baby turtles.
