Two males stand at the entryway of the Ishak Umarela Municipal Health center’s emergency situation system in Central Maluku. (Antara image)
Ambon. Maluku Guv Murad Ismail has actually bought a community hospital in Central Maluku district to shut momentarily after its 14 employees tested positive for coronavirus.
Public services of the Ishak Umarela Municipal Healthcare facility in Salahutu subdistrict have been suspended however it will continue to operate at restricted capability to treat its own team member who have been infected.
” Based on an order from the guv, the medical facility shuts up until the next 14 days because many medical employees and non-medical employees have been infected by Covid-19,” Kasrul Selang, the head of the provincial Covid-19 task force, said on Friday.
Health center director Dr Dwi Murti Nuryanti was amongst those who caught the virus, he said.
At least 46 other staff members have taken the polymerase chain reaction-based screening however they are still waiting on the result, Kasrul added.
The health center has more than 300 medical and non-medical employees.
” The 46 people have had direct contacts with their 14 colleagues who have evaluated positive for the virus,” he said.
On Saturday, around 250 other staff members of the health center began to take fast screening for Covid-19
Kasrul stated 4 member of the family of the contaminated employees likewise have tested favorable and are being treated at the hospital, in addition to simply six more patients from the public.
” For the next 14 days, all public services will be suspended to decontaminate the hospital. The staying clients will be isolated at separate spaces under close surveillance,” he said.
The eastern province has 400 verified cased of Covid-19 as of Saturday, including 10 deaths and 105 recovered patients.
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