Durian. A six-year old boy and 34-year old woman refugees who are staying at a shelter in Kalideres, West Jakarta, Indonesia, have been affected by covid-19 virus following rapid tests that were conducted to 150 refugees.
There are more than 200 refugees are living in the shelter. The rest of them will be tested on Monday, Hassan Rramazan Rateq, a refugee representative told thebigdurian.news on July 25 in Jakarta.
Rapid tests were taken from July 22 to 24 to 150 refugees and the two positive cases were found on July 22.
“We were said that there are two positive cases in the camp. We were told about the two positive cases who were tested on Wednesday, July 22,” Rateq said.
He explained the two are not from one family. Their families refused to let them being treated at hospital.
There are at least 230 people living in the shelter in Kalideres including 45 children and three pregnant women.
Local authority has put an announcement about the closure of the road near the shelter due to the positive of covid-19 cases.
