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Chronology, Surabaya – Rumors spread that millions of Sampoerna cigarettes exposed to the new corona virus (COVID-19) were circulating in the community because there were workers at the factory who tested positive for COVID-19.
The news was uploaded by Hansen Latuconsina’s Facebook account on April 30, 2020.
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“Millions of cigarette products exposed by Covid-19 are widely circulated in the community
After 3 large cigarette factories were previously exposed to the Corona Virus, now the Sampoerna cigarette factory is infected with Covid-19.
China’s ambition to spread Covid-19 in Indonesia is done by all means – not just because of the influx of millions of Chinese foreigners, but various products from factories owned by the Chinese conglomerate have become the means of spreading these weapons. deadly biologicals. Source: Intelligence Community
https://www.suarasurabaya.net/…/kompleks-pabrik-sampoerna…/…
Forbes: The richest conglomerate owns the cigarette business: https: //business.tempo.co/…/3-complomerate- richhest-di-indonesi … “
Is it true that millions of Sampoerna cigarettes are exposed to the new corona virus (COVID-19) circulating in the community?
Cited by Liputan6.com, claims of millions of Sampoerna cigarettes exposed to a new corona virus (COVID-19) circulating in the community, by visiting the article links listed in the claim.
The link is an article titled “Copo-19 Infected Sampoerna Factory Complex Closed, 500 Employees Disconnected,” posted on the site suarasurabaya.net, April 29, 2020.
The following contents:
One of the PT HM Sampoerna Tbk Factory complexes in Rungkut, Surabaya, was closed after two employees died from hiring Covid-19. Approximately 500 employees were fired.
Joni Wahyuhadi, president of the East Java Covid-19 Healing Cluster, said the results of his coordination with the leadership of PT Sampoerna at the Grahadi State Building on Wednesday (04/29/2020) evening.
“The crawl is running. There are around 500 people at the plant (who have the potential to become infected). The administration has temporarily closed the complex. Yes, the employees are also fired,” he said.
Earlier, Dr. Joni confirmed that two PT HM Sampoerna Tbk Rungkut employees died on April 18. Both, according to the results of the PCR test, contracted Covid-19.
The East Java Covid-19 Task Force Monitoring Team followed up on the findings and has established nine employees at the factory complex as patients under surveillance (PDP).
“Nine of these people have received treatment at the hospital,” he said.
At that time, medical personnel took swab samples from 163 other employees to be examined by the PCR method in the laboratory. Results are expected to come out in the next two days.
The tracking team also carried out a rapid test (Covid-19 rapid test) of 323 other employees at the factory. The result, 100 of them reactive or positive rapid test.
“Last night (Tuesday, April 28), the number of 63 people reported positive results, this afternoon (Wednesday) there were 100 additional people. Everything has been isolated in the hotel provided by the company,” he said.
It is not yet known where the two PT HM Sampoerna Tbk employees who died had contracted the SARS CoV-2 virus. “This is being tracked further,” Joni said.
In the article, there is no sentence indicating that millions of Sampoerna cigarettes exposed to COVID-19 are circulating in the community.
Clarification of the Sampoerna festivals
Director PT SM Sampoerna Tbk Elvira Lianita said Sampoerna had quarantined the product for five days before it was finally distributed to adult consumers.
The quarantine is two days longer than the upper limit of environmental stability of COVID-19 suggested by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (European CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). That is, COVID-19 can last 72 hours on plastic and stainless steel surfaces, less than 4 hours in copper and less than 24 hours in cardboard.
“In addition to complying with all applicable regulations and implementing health protocols, Sampoerna has ensured that product quality is a company priority,” said Elvira.
According to him, since the government made efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in mid-March 2020, Sampoerna has made various efforts in accordance with the recommendations of the Government of Indonesia and the WHO.
Some steps taken and taken for production employees are as follows:
Restrict access to production facilities, check body temperature when you enter the production office area, improve hygiene and sanitation protocols, provide masks and hand sanitizers.
Provide information that emphasizes the importance of maintaining personal hygiene, implementing physical distance in all production areas and facilities such as canteens, places of worship, and other gathering areas.
“This also applies to the transportation of employees provided by the company,” he concluded.
Editor: Alfian Risfil A
