The governors of Jakarta, Anies Baswedan respectively, have become the latest additions to the long list of government officials who have tested positive for COVID-19, at a time when cases and hospitalizations continue to soar in the country.

Anies' polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test result came back positive in the early hours of Tuesday morning, he said through an Instagram video. He said he had taken the test on Monday, three days after his deputy Ahmad Riza Patria had taken the test on Friday that eventually came back positive, as announced by the Jakarta administration on Sunday.

Anies said he had been in close contact with Riza for some meetings several days prior and he consequently took an antigen test on Sunday, which came back negative. But antigen tests are known to be less accurate than PCR tests, though they produce results faster -- hence further confirmation using PCR is necessary. "The Jakarta Health Agency's [contact] tracing team will also be recording, taking notes and reaching out to all (my) close contacts and all related procedures will go ahead," Anies said.

Perior to Anis, the diseases had infected there top West Java officials in March namely Karawang Regent Cellica Nurrachadiana, Bogor Mayor Bima Araya and Bandung Deputy Mayor Yana Mulyana.

In July, the deputy mayor of Surakarta in Central Java, Achmad Purnomo, and East Kalimantan Deputy Governor Hadi Mulyadi were also reported to have contracted the disease. Both have recovered.

Several officials did not survive their fight against COVID-19, including regional leaders such as East Java's Situbondo regent, Dadang Wigiarto, acting Sidoarjo regent Nur Ahmad Syaifuddin and Jakarta secretary Saefullah.

The late city secretary died in September from irreversible septic shock and acute respiratory syndrome due to COVID-19. Meanwhile, at least three Cabinet members have been infected.

Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi became the first Indonesian official to be diagnosed with the contagious respiratory disease, less than two weeks after the first COVID-19 cases were found in the country.

Secretary Pratikno announced on March 14 that Budi was identified as Case 76 in a previous Health Ministry announcement and was being treated at the Gatot Subroto Army Hospital. Budi told tempo.co on May 16 that he got reinfected by the disease 15 days after he was dischange from the hospital. By tempo news

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