COVID-19 Cases Soaring, Bandung Mayor Oded Removes Head Of Health Office

JAKARTA - The Mayor of Bandung, West Java Province, Oded M Danial, replaced the Head of the Health Service from Rita Verita to Ahyani Raksanagara amid a spike in COVID-19 cases in the area.

Oded said the change was a common thing in order to refresh the organization within the Bandung City Government.

"Just for refreshment, the name rotation rotation as well as promotion is a common thing," said Oded in Bandung, reported by Antara, Wednesday, December 16.

For Rita Verita herself, Oded is now inaugurated as Head of the Office of Women's Empowerment, Child Protection and Community Empowerment (DP3APM).

Apart from Ahyani Raksanagara who previously served as Head of the Bandung City Research and Development Planning Agency (Bapelitbang), Oded also appointed and rotated a number of other officials.

They are, Tatang Muhtar serving as Head of the Population and Civil Registration Service (Disdukcapil), Anton Sunarwibowo serving as Head of Bappelitbang, Yayan Ahmad Briliyana as Head of the Communication and Informatics Service (Diskominfo).

In addition, Adi Junjunan Mustafa was also appointed as Head of the Education and Training Personnel Agency (BKPP), and Bambang Suhari as Head of the Spatial Planning Service (Distaru).

With this rotation of positions, Oded advised ASNs that the position is a mandate and responsibility that must be carried out with great care.

"Actually, we don't need to be euphoric with this mandate, because the mandate that God has given us is a very heavy mandate for us," he said.

Based on data from the Bandung City COVID-19 Task Force, currently there are 792 people who are still confirmed as active COVID-19. In total so far there have been 4,743 people who have been confirmed with COVID-19 in Bandung since the beginning of the pandemic.

Meanwhile, of the total, 3,813 people have been declared cured and 183 people have died with a confirmed COVID-19 status.