Positive COVID-19 Employee, Gorontalo BPS Office Closed

Illustrated. (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) closed its office in Gorontalo. This is because one of the employees was found to be positively exposed to the SAR-CoV-2 or COVID-19 virus. The closure was accompanied by an order to run work from home (WFH) for 14 days.

Head of BPS Suhariyanto said that all levels of BPS employees must be able to strictly carry out health protocols according to those set by the government, in order to avoid the transmission of COVID-19.

"I ask my friends to strictly adhere to health protocols. I just got news from Gorontalo that one more of our friends is positive and the office must be closed," he said, in a virtual press conference, Monday, August 3.

Meanwhile, Main Secretary of BPS Adi Lumaksono said, positive cases of corona virus infection that befell Gorontalo District BPS employees were known based on the results of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) swab test conducted on July 27. The results are known on Sunday, August 2nd.

In addition to the COVID-19 case that befell its employees, BPS stated that the WFH policy for employees at Gorontalo Province BPS was also implemented to follow up on the findings of positive employees infected with the corona virus at the local National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) office. Because, this office happens to be located next to the Gorontalo Province BPS Office.

"Friends at BPS Gorontalo Province immediately carried out WFH all to anticipate the spread of COVID-19," he said

BPS will also conduct rapid tests for all employees at BPS Gorontalo Province. If a reactive employee is found, it will be followed up by the relevant health office.