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Jakarta’s Paloma Bistro confirms Indonesian, Japanese COVID-19 patients visited in February
The two came to Des Indes Hotel’s Paloma Bistro on Feb. 15 at about 8 p.m. to join a routinely held "Latin Dance" event, attended by approximately 30 people that night.
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A hospital staff member walks past the isolation unit at the Sulianti Saroso Infectious Diseases Hospital (RSPI Sulianti Suroso) in Jakarta on Monday. (JP/Seto Wardhana)
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he management of Des Indes Hotel in Central Jakarta has confirmed that an Indonesian patient who tested positive for coronavirus visited the hotel's Paloma Bistro last month, where she reportedly encountered a Japanese woman who was later diagnosed with COVID-19 in Malaysia.
Darmawiharto, the hotel's manager, said on Tuesday that the 31-year-old woman, also known as Case 1, and the female Japanese citizen were not staying at the hotel, but they had come to Paloma Bistro on Feb. 15 at about 8 p.m. to attend a routinely held "Latin Dance" event.
He added that approximately 30 people had joined the event that night.
"Unfortunately we don't have any detailed information about the visitors as it was an open event that anyone could come to. Besides, they are not our regular hotel guests," Darmawiharto said in a press conference on Tuesday.
The Japanese woman, 41, was Malaysia's 24th coronavirus patient who, according to the Malaysian Health Ministry, tested positive for COVID-19 on Feb. 27 after traveling from Japan in January and to Indonesia in early February.
Case 1 and her 64-year-old mother, known as Case 2, had been in contact with the Japanese citizen before the two Indonesians tested positive for coronavirus, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Monday.
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The two patients are currently in an isolation ward at the Sulianti Saroso Infectious Diseases Hospital (RSPI Sulianti Suroso) in Jakarta.
On Feb. 14, Case 1 and the Japanese woman had also reportedly visited Amigos Bar and Cantina in Kemang, South Jakarta, where the two danced together, according to Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto's account.
Darmawiharto went on to say that three Des Indes Hotel's staff members who were on duty in Paloma Bistro at the time when the event took place had all passed the 14-day coronavirus incubation period and had also taken part in medical checks supervised by health authorities.
"The three have shown no signs of illness. [...] All of our staff are healthy" he said, adding that all 63 hotel staff members were in good condition and no one had taken sick leave since the event.
"We would like to confirm that our hotel is a safe place. We do regular cleaning just like any other hotel, and we have also prepared preventive and precautionary measures against the virus by providing face masks and hand sanitizer in public spaces around the hotel," Darmawiharto said.
He added that the hotel was still operating as usual. (trn)
