Maiden, the General Manager of PT Sawit Graha Manunggal (SGM), arrived at the hospital on Sunday at 3 Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB) , and was rushed to the emergency room, as he was suffering from short of breath.
"After being treated in the emergency room, at around 3:35 WIB the patient was pronounced dead and given a statement of death confirming that he was infected with COVID-19 based on an antigen swab test," dr Safari said here on Sunday.
The report about the death of the Malaysian man was submitted to the East Barito COVID-19 Task Force, and later forwarded to the Telang Siong Health Center for epidemiological investigations and tracing.
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It was not known whether the patient died of Omicron variant or not because Tamiang Layang Hospital does not have a COVID-19 device to detect the new variant.
Samples from the deceased, however, had been sent to Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan, to determine the COVID-19 variant.
The body was handled in accordance to the COVID-19 SOP at the Tamiang Layang Hospital while the process of returning the remains to Malaysia was underway.
Herbet, on behalf of spokesman of PT SGM Rico Tarigan said the family of the deceased in Malaysia had been informed about the sad news.
"The family has been informed and the body will be returned to Malaysia," Herbet said .
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