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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The government issued new regulations for those who want to vacation or travel to Bali. Using the plane, you need to rub the PCR test while the road has a rapid antigen test.
“We ask that tourists boarding a plane bound for Bali must undergo the H-2 PCR test before flying to Bali and require the rapid H-2 antigen test before traveling overland to Bali,” Luhut said in the Covid-19 Management Coordination Meeting at DKI Jakarta. , West Java, Central Java, East Java and Bali virtually at the Maritime Office on Monday (12/14/2020).
So what is the difference between a rapid antigen test and a PCR swab test?
Covid-19 Management Working Group spokesperson Professor Wiku Adisasmito said there were two types of screening tests, namely the rapid test, based on both antibodies and antigens. The rapid antibody test detects immunoglobulin M and immunoglobulin G antibodies. What happens if an infection occurs with a sample, in the form of blood serum taken with a needle?
“Meanwhile, the rapid antigen test detects the outside of the virus, with a sample in the form of mucus that is taken through a swab, just like the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) swab,” said Wiku some time ago.
Meanwhile, the type of test for diagnostic purposes has become the gold standard with PCR, which is commonly known as the swab test.
Wiku explained that the PCR test sample in the form of mucus was taken with a swab, using either the open system that is more widely used in Indonesia or a closed system such as TCM (rapid molecular test).
Apart from the type of test, what must be understood is that Covid-19 is a new infectious disease whose management requires special treatment. The goal is to reduce the risk of exposure of laboratory personnel to infectious microbes and to limit contamination of the workplace and community.
[Gambas:Video CNBC]
(Roy / Roy)
