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Covid-19 Case in Indonesia Increases by 2, Now Becomes 6 people that Positive for Corona Virus
Covid-19 cases in Indonesia increased by two people. People with Covid-19 became six people. Here's the details.
TRIBUNBATAM.id - Covid-19 cases in Indonesia increased by two people. Government spokesman for the handling of the corona virus Achmad Yurianto said, until Sunday (03/08/2020), people with Covid-19 became six people.
"There are 2 cases. The first is called case 05. This 55-year-old man is the result of the laboratory that we got," said Yuri at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, Sunday (03/08/2020).
"Continuation of the Jakarta cluster tracking. Earlier the laboratory data concerned confirmed Covid-19," he said.
Meanwhile, the Jakarta cluster is a series of events that transmit patients in Case 1.
Second, Yuri explained, patients who confirmed the Covid-19 case referred to as case 06 were 36-year-old men.
"Imported cases that he got from Japan when he worked as a crew of Diamond Princess," he said.
Yuri said both of them are currently stable and do not need breathing apparatus and infusions.
Both also do not have a fever, cough, and runny nose.
Previously, the government examined 620 specimens in Indonesia related to Covid-19.
This was conveyed by Achmad Yurianto in a press conference at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, Sunday (03/08/2020).
A total of 327 specimens came from 63 hospitals spread over 25 provinces.
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The remaining 293 are specimens from ABK World Dream and Diamond Princess along with the medical team accompanying them.
Meanwhile, 4 patients who have tested positive for Covid-19 are still being treated at the Sulianti Saroso Infectious Disease Hospital.
The first two people are mother and child. Case 1 is known to have contracted from a Japanese citizen during close contact at a dance event in Jakarta.
Case 2 is the mother of case 1. Both of them have been reportedly in a better condition since President Joko Widodo announced on Monday, March 2, 2020.