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View all search results36 new COVID-19 cases emerge in Brebes regent’s entourage
“They spent time doing karaoke on the bus. People usually take off their masks when doing karaoke, and they tend to walk around. So there were droplets, and the bus was a closed-off area,” the Brebes Health Agency head said.
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Brebes Regent Idza Priyanti’s entourage, which accompanied her to several areas of East Java from Nov. 7 to Nov. 10, has contributed at least 36 new COVID-19 cases to the region.
Idza was accompanied by a number of administration officials on a visit to Malang, East Java, and the nearby Mt. Bromo by bus.
After returning to Brebes, Central Java, Idza’s husband, who took part in the trip, was found to have COVID-19. Dozens of members of the entourage were also declared COVID-19 positive after contact tracing. Nevertheless, some others on the trip, including two of Idza’s children and a driver, were free of the virus.
Of the 36 people who contracted COVID-19, 34 were reportedly in 14-day self-isolation, while two others were being treated at the Brebes General Hospital (RSUD).
“The regent has taken swab tests five times, and they all came out negative,” Brebes Health Agency head Sartono said on Saturday as quoted by kompas.id.
