JAKARTA - Ms Sita Tyasutami had high fever, dry cough and nausea on Feb 17. Later that week, when her mother Maria Darmaningsih felt feverish, weak and dizzy, they both finally went to a hospital in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JAKARTA - Ms Sita Tyasutami had high fever, dry cough and nausea on Feb 17. Later that week, when her mother, Ms Maria Darmaningsih, felt feverish, weak and dizzy, they both finally went to a hospital in Depok, on the outskirts of Jakarta.She requested a test for the coronavirus, but the health facility where they were treated could not do it.
While Ms Sita, a professional dancer and performing arts manager, and Ms Maria, a dance professor at Jakarta Institute of Arts, were awaiting the results of their tests the next day, Indonesia President Joko Widodo broke the news to the nation about a 31-year old woman and her 64-year old mother - called Case 1 and Case 2 - who contracted the virus after contact with a Japanese national.
"Later, I screamed and cried a lot. What made me really sick was not the disease, but the fact that I was diagnosed through the media," she added. "Netizens cursed me and the stigma stressed me very much," said Ms Sita, whose condition worsened because of the psychological pressure. "I once yelled at her, 'Stop crying. You must focus on increasing your immunity. You are not like what the people say,'" said the mother of three, who was awarded France's Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2018 for her longstanding dedication to dance.
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