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COVID-19: Jakarta’s Persahabatan Hospital places 31 suspected cases under observation as precaution
“At the moment, there are 21 patients [being monitored] and 10 under close observation [surveillance], while we await [their] results from the Health Ministry’s Health Research and Development Agency,” RSUP Persahabatan director Rita Rogaya said on Wednesday during a press conference at the hospital, as quoted by antaranews.com.
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Hospital staff and visitors wears mask at Sulianti Saroso Infection Hospital (RSPI Sulianti Suroso) isolation building in Jakarta, on Monday, March 2, 2020. (JP/Seto Wardhana)
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ersahabatan Central General Hospital (RSUP) in East Jakarta has admitted 31 patients for close observation amid rising concerns over a possible outbreak following the first two confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Indonesia.
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“At the moment, there are 21 patients [being monitored] and 10 under close observation [surveillance], while we await [their] results from the Health Ministry’s Health Research and Development Agency,” RSUP Persahabatan director Rita Rogaya said on Wednesday during a press conference at the hospital, as quoted by antaranews.com.
Rita said the patients under surveillance were those showing symptoms such as fever, coughing, a sore throat and difficulty breathing or other respiratory problems, and had recently come into close contact with confirmed cases of COVID-19.
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The patients under general monitoring showed lighter symptoms, such as fever, coughing and sore throats, but had no recent close contact with a confirmed case.
“We do not use the term ‘suspected’ here. The difference [between surveillance and monitoring] is only if [the patient] has had recent [and] close contact with anyone who is COVID-19 positive,” said Rita.
The 31 patients are in isolation at the Pinere building of the hospital. (gis)
