There are 80 cases of Covid-19, Ministry of Health: Participants in the Habib Rizieq event to immediately isolate independently! : National Okezone



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JAKARTA – The Ministry of Health confirmed a positive case among the crowd of participants in the FPI Grand Priest event Habib Rizieq Shihab. The Acting Director General for Disease Prevention and Control at the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes), Muhammad Budi Hidayat, said that the PCR test on November 21 found 50 positive cases in Tebet and 30 cases in Petamburan.

The Ministry of Health asked all participants who attended the event to isolate themselves. In fact, people who had contact with the Rizieq Shihab event participants were also asked to conduct independent isolation for 14 days.

“We call on people who have been in close contact and participated in activities at Soekarno Hatta Airport, Petamburan and Megamendung to isolate themselves immediately,” he said during a press conference on Sunday (11/22/2020) .

He said the government had set up an independent isolation center. One of them is at Wisma Athlete. “The government has established a quarantine center at the Covid Emergency Hospital in the Athlete’s House,” he said.

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He also recalled that if during the quarantine you experienced symptoms of being infected with Covid-19, go immediately to a health services center for an examination.

“If during quarantine you experience symptoms of covid-19 infection such as cough, runny nose, shortness of breath, sore throat and loss of smell and taste, immediately visit the nearest health center for a swab or PCR test” he advised.

Budi asked community, religious and regional leaders to provide an example and a role model for the wider community in implementing health protocols.

“We must work together in efforts to prevent and control Covid so that we can overcome Covid-19 immediately,” he concluded.

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