Martapura, S Kalimantan (ANTARA) - The Banjar District COVID-19 Mitigation Acceleration Task Force said on Saturday (April 11, 2020), the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus has added by one to became four.
"There is one additional of a patient who was tested positive, so the corona positive patient becomes four," said the secretary of the task force Hilman, who is also the Regional Secretary of Banjar District.
Hilman in a press statement through Video Conference from the Barokah Martapura Command Center said the Corona positive patients was a security personnel of place of worship.
The patient on Friday night suddenly collapsed and experienced shortness of breath. After an intensive medical examination he was turned out to be positive for corona then was taken to the hsopital for treatment.
"The patient also had contact with 23 people, both his family and a number of caretakers of the worship place. They were all asked to carry out self- isolation," the spokesperson of the Task Force dr Diauddin added.
The location of the place of worship in on the cross-provincial road in Banjar District, so it was prone to local transmission due to physical contact or others.
"Transmission of the virus could be through saliva splashing, or by accidentally touching an object with the virus then touching mouth or eyes. It addition, it could be transmitted by people without symptoms," he said.
He explained that the government together with MUI and religious organizations in principle did not prohibit people from praying but to avoid crowds so they could prevent the transmission of the deadly virus.
Based on the latest data, the four Corona positive in the district are three from Hanyar Sub-district and one from Martapura, zero Patient Under Surveillance (PDP), and Person Under Monitoring (ODP) 102 people.
Banjar COVID-19 positive patients increases by one
Sabtu, 11 April 2020 17:23 WIB
There is one additional of a patient who was tested positive, so the corona positive patient becomes four,