Endless Shifts at the Front lines
Testing and tracing are vital in the effort to contain the spread of Covic-19. With cases numbering in the hundreds of thousands, health workers tasked with conducting swab tests and analyzing samples in the laboratory face long and grueling work hours, the risk of infection, and with little hope for rest, even on weekends. Tracers face animosity from positive patients, although that is not enough to break their spirit.
Tempo
December 27, 2020
ANDANI Eka Putra’s tight schedule has not changed as the head of the Diagnostic and Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University, even as the pandemic reaches its 10th month. In the mornings, he works at his office at the Andalas University Hospital in Limau Manis subdistrict, Padang, West Sumatra, as director-general and resources. In the afternoons, the 48-year-old man works at the campus laboratory whic
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