Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Jakarta provincial government has prepared four school buses to evacuate COVID-19 patients from Krukut, Taman Sari Sub-district, West Jakarta, to Wisma Atlet COVID-19 Emergency Hospital in Kemayoran.
"We have prepared four buses with four drivers, who are on standby if needed," head of the school transportation management unit (UPAS) of the Jakarta Transportation Office, Ali Murtadho, said here on Tuesday.
The four buses comprise two minibuses with a capacity of 17 people and two medium buses, which can carry 20 people, he informed.
"The buses will come to pick up (patients) if the village (Krukut) calls," he added.
According to Murtadho, after the buses take patients to Wisma Atlet, they will be immediately sterilized with disinfectant. Since last week, the buses and health center officers have taken several COVID-19-positive Krukut residents to Wisma Atlet, he added.
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"At first, we took 14 people, then we drove 19 more to Wisma Atlet," he informed.
Four buses will remain available during the COVID-19 tracing process in Krukut, he added.
"We hope this effort can help the village in evacuating its positive citizens," Murtadho explained.
Earlier, 10 Krukut residents were confirmed positive for COVID-19, based on the results of antigen swab and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests on Monday (January 10, 2022).
"The positive residents are currently self-isolating while waiting for approval (to be treated at) Wisma Atlet," head of Krukut village, Ilham Nurkarin, informed.
The PCR and antigen swab tests were conducted after 36 Krukut residents tested positive for COVID-19, he said.
The total number of Krukut residents who tested positive for COVID-19 was 46, he added. However, Nurkarin did not state whether they had been exposed to the Omicron variant or not.
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