Baca berita tanpa iklan. Gabung Kompas.com+
May 26, 2021, 05.43 AM

CILACAP, KOMPAS.com – The B.1.617.2 Covid-19 strain from India continues to grip the port of Cilacap in the Indonesian province of Central Java.

The number of medical workers exposed to the strain in its Regional General Hospital has risen to 48 as of May 26, up from 32 last weekend.

Cilacap Regent Tatto Suwarto Pamuji said the number was based on hundreds of swab tests. “We carried out 179 swab tests and found 48 positive [B.1.617.2 results]. Now there are 33 cases after 15 of them recovered from Covid-19,” he asserted.

“The medical workers were exposed to the B.1.617.2 strain, as they were treating 13 Filipino sailors who tested positive for the coronavirus.”

Also read: Indonesian AstraZeneca Vaccine Recipient Dies

Cilacap Regency Health Services head Dr. Pramesti Griana Dewi reiterated Tatto. “The remaining cases are still in stable condition and are asymptomatic,” she said. “We also carried out another swab test on 127 medical workers, all of who tested negative [for Covid-19].”

Meanwhile, the Indonesian Ministry of Health continues to vouch for the AstraZeneca vaccine even as the Food and Drug Agency or BPOM pulled its current CTMAV547 batch out of circulation, after it was connected with the deaths of at least four Indonesians.

“[Indonesia] will continue to use the AstraZeneca vaccine because its benefits outweigh its disadvantages,” said Ministry of Health spokesperson for vaccines Dr. Siti Nadia Tarmizi.

Illustration of the AstraZeneca vaccine.REUTERS/DADO RUVIC via ABC INDONESIA Illustration of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Immunization expert Doctor Elizabeth Jane Soepardi reiterated Nadia. “AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine is the most widely used of its kind in the world,” she said.

“The World Health Organization [WHO] maintained that the vaccine is safe and effective in protecting one’s body from the coronavirus. Two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine is 60 percent effective in treating the B.1.617.2 strain from India.”

Baca berita tanpa iklan. Gabung Kompas.com+
Page:


Baca berita tanpa iklan. Gabung Kompas.com+
Comment wisely and responsibly. Comments are entirely the responsibility of the commentator as regulated in the ITE Law
Report
Thank You! We have received your report. We will remove comments that conflict with the Community Guidelines and the ITE Law.

More Headlines

News
April 14, 2023, 12.38 PM

Indonesia Detects New Covid Arcturus Variant

News
April 5, 2023, 05.16 PM

ASEAN to Finalize Agreement on EV Ecosystem

Baca berita tanpa iklan. Gabung Kompas.com+
Baca berita tanpa iklan. Gabung Kompas.com+

MOST POPULAR

Baca berita tanpa iklan. Gabung Kompas.com+
Baca berita tanpa iklan. Gabung Kompas.com+
Close Ads
Oke
Baca berita tanpa iklan. Gabung Kompas.com+