JAKARTA, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has been diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday and is working from home while he isolates himself and recuperates.
This is the first time the 58-year-old minister has been confirmed for COVID-19 since he took office in December 2020. Sadikin has informed those who interacted with him in recent days and asked them to immediately carry out swab tests and self-isolation.
"Because anyone can catch and transmit COVID-19. It is our duty and responsibility to help break the chain of transmission," said the minister.
Cases of coronavirus infections have been surging recently in the archipelago, although most people, including Sadikin, have been fully vaccinated.
The Health Ministry reported on Monday that the number of COVID-19 cases in the country rose by 2,871 in the past 24 hours, which brings the total tally to 6.34 million. ■
