Referring to the results of swab tests released from Sunday to Tuesday morning, three more COVID-19 patients have recovered
Jakarta (ANTARA) - As of Tuesday morning, 1,244 of the 1,308 cadets at the Indonesian Army's Officer Candidate School (Secapa) have made a complete recovery from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to an army spokesperson.



“Referring to the results of swab tests released from Sunday to Tuesday morning, three more COVID-19 patients have recovered,” Indonesian army spokesperson, Brig.Gen. Nefra Firdaus, said in a statement that ANTARA received in Jakarta on Tuesday.



So far, 95.1 percent of the 1,308 cadets have recovered completely, while 64 others, or 4.9 percent, remain hospitalized, he said, adding that the increasing trend in new recoveries is good news for the Secapa COVID-19 cluster.



Speaking of blood donations for handling convalescent plasma treatment for COVID-19, Firdaus said the number of donors has increased to 113 after 32 more army officers donated their blood for the treatment effort.



The army’s chief of staff, General Andika Perkasa, had revealed in July this year that to expedite the handling of COVID-19 cases, the army had collaborated with the Airlangga University for COVID-19 medicines.



On July 16, 2020, the second PCR laboratory at the Sariningsih Army Hospital in Bandung also became operational to speed up the process of examining swab test specimens.



The laboratory is a part of the 68 PCR laboratory facilities available at 68 army hospitals across Indonesia.



To support the government's efforts in the COVID-19 fight, the Indonesian Army has also tried to provide stocks of medical equipment and pushed the clinical trials of the combined COVID-19 medicine at army hospitals, he stated.



COVID-19 initially struck the Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of 2019 and thereafter spread across the world, including to countries in the Asia-Pacific region.



The Indonesian government made an official announcement regarding the country's first confirmed cases on March 2 this year.



Indonesia is leaving no stone unturned to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Indonesian scientists are currently working on a vaccine, named after the country's national flag, Merah Putih (Red and White). (INE)


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