Tragic, nearly 77 percent of the student body at the Polytechnic of Land Transportation (Poltrada) in Bali have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
As cited News24xx.com, this condition making the campus the latest coronavirus cluster in the province.
The COVID-19 task force in the Tabanan regency says that 238 students are now in isolation at the campus dorm because fearing wider transmission in the community.
And also the local government has asked the traditional villages to assist in monitoring the area.
Before the students only came to school for an introduction session, which was scheduled for two weeks, and prior to coming to campus, the students had already undergone swab testing from their respective districts.
However, when another mass swab test was conducted on campus, they eventually found that 238 out of 311 students tested positive for the coronavirus.
According to Bambang Wijonarko, Poltrada Bali Director, Bali reported a record daily tally yesterday with 230 cases, bringing the provincial total to 14,568.
