Indonesia finds new COVID-19 cluster after cargo ship infections
FILE PHOTO: Passengers sit at the train station as they wait to return to their hometowns ahead of the Eid al-Fitr celebration, an activity locally known as "mudik", amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 5, 2021.
Indonesiareported anewclusterof 42 coronavirusinfectionsamong medical workers who treated 13 Filipinoshipcrew who were sick withCOVID-19, and is tracing dozens of others, a government official said on Sunday.
About 140 other medical workers came into close contact with the crew of the Panamanian-flaggedcargoshipHilma Bulker, who tested positive for thenewcoronavirusafterdocking in Central Java on April 25, the province's governor, Ganjar Pranowo, told Reuters. The vessel had come from India.
Genome sequencing showed the crew had the highly infectious B.1617.2 variant first identified in India, Ganjar said, adding that one of them had later died in hospital.
"For now we're actively tracing their nurses. Hundreds had had direct contact, close contact, and 42 had tested positive," Ganjar said by phone.
With more than 1.7 million confirmed cases and 49,000 deaths,Indonesiais the worst-hit country in Southeast Asia.
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ItsCOVID-19crisis is not as bad as that seen in India, but some health experts are concerned mass gatherings at this month's Eid al-Fitr celebrations and virus variants could trigger a surge ofnewcases in the world's fourth-most populous nation.
Last monthIndonesiastopped issuing visas for foreigners who had recently been in India.
Ganjar said all other crew members of the Hilma Bulker had self-quarantined on theship, and 49Indonesian officials who oversaw the unloading of theshiphad all tested negative for the virus.
The vessel had delivered refined sugar from India, Ganjar said. It leftIndonesiathis month headed to the Philippine capital Manila, according to Refinitiv Eikon's vessel tracker.