Batam - Corona positive patient number 31 in Batam, Riau Islands is known to work as a teacher with the initials GM (36). He was exposed to his colleague who was patient number 18.

From Batamnews insides, the GM exposed to Covid-19 is from the Charitas elementary school cluster. He contracted from patient number 18 who was declared cured on May 1, 2020.

Batam Mayor HM Rudi said the patient 18 was a 29-year-old woman, and was a teacher. He is known to make close contact with positive patients who have previously died.

GM is known to have close contact with 18 patients who had previously been declared cured.

"He has accompanied 18 patients while being treated at a private hospital in Batam Center," said Rudi, Monday (04/05/2020)

In accordance with the results of tracing the case number. 18 to concerned a Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) was conducted, the first was on April 17, 2020 with Reactive results, then on April 27, 2020 the RDT was carried out again with the results also Reactive.

Furthermore, on April 30, 2020 a throat swab examination was conducted, the results of which were known on May 3, 2020, with positive confirmation.

The Charitas cluster is included in five major clusters of local transmission of Covid-19 transmission in Riau Islands Province. From this cluster there are five people who were exposed to Corona, where one person was declared dead.