2 West Sulawesi KPU Staff Test Positive For COVID-19

JAKARTA - Two staff from the General Election Commission (KPU) of West Sulawesi Province tested positive for COVID-19. Currently both of them are in the handling of the medical team from the COVID-19 Task Force Team.

"The West Sulawesi KPU carried out office sterilization after two staff of the West Sulawesi Provincial KPU tested positive for COVID-19," said the Secretary of the West Sulawesi KPU, Bachtiar as quoted by Antara, Mamuju, Thursday, August 6.

He said that the doctor continued to monitor the Sulbar KPU staff and his condition was in good health. According to him, the spraying of the West Sulawesi KPU office is also carried out twice a day.

"I can confirm that all parts of the Provincial KPU office have been sterilized, the West Sulawesi KPU can work safely and comfortably," he said.

He said that the mass rapid test had been carried out by the West Sulawesi Provincial Election Commission on July 27, 2020, then it would carry out a swab test to further ensure that administrators had undergone proper health protocols.

The 2020 regional head elections (pilkada) will still be held amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The simultaneous regional elections will be held in early December.