UMMAT DAILY ■ A total of three teachers at SMP 3 Jekulo, Kudus Regency, Central Java, were declared dead due to exposure to the new type of corona virus (Covid-19). Online teaching and learning activities have also been temporarily suspended.
"Although the deaths of the three teachers did not coincide, the results of the throat swab tests were confirmed to be positive for Covid-19. Each of them also has comorbidities, "said Kudus Andini Aridewi, spokesperson for the task force for the acceleration and handling of Covid-19.
The Kudus Covid-19 Acceleration and Handling Task Force Team, he continued, immediately followed up on the throat swab test results of the three who tested positive for Covid-19 by conducting close contact tracing. There are 43 teachers at SMP 3 Jekulo who have to undergo a throat swab to determine whether they have been exposed to the corona virus or not.
"Contact tracing was not only carried out at SMP 3 Jekulo, but each family member of the three teachers who died was also carried out to ensure whether there is transmission in the family environment," said Andini Aridewi.
Meanwhile, the Head of the Kudus Regency Youth and Sports Education Office, Harjuna Widada, revealed that he had asked the school to temporarily stop teaching and learning activities while waiting for the results of the throat swab test.
"We also instructed the local school principal to make a chronology and record of the journey of each teacher who died. So, it can be used as input for the agency, especially when previously someone had traveled to other areas, "said Harjuna.
Initially, the Kudus Disdikpora only received reports of one teacher who had died the previous weekend. Then received reports that two additional teachers had died earlier this week.
The principal of SMP 3 Jekulo Wiwik Purwati made sure that no student had contact with the teacher at the school. Because, learning is carried out online.
Source: Antara
