KPU: 23 KPPS Officers In West Sumatra Positive For COVID-19

ILLUSTRA TION / VOI

PADANG - The General Election Commission (KPU) of West Sumatra noted that 23 officers of the Voting Organizing Group (KPPS) in West Sumatra (West Sumatra) tested positive for COVID-19.

West Sumatra KPU commissioner Izwaryani said all KPPS officers took a quick test in preparation to anticipate the spread of COVID-19.

The result was more than 4,000 reactive KPPS and continued with a swab test. From the results of the swab tests conducted 23 people were positive.

Izwaryani said the 23 people consisted of eight people from Padang City, 13 people in South Solok, and two people in Padang Panjang. "In South Solok, there were actually 15 people but after retesting, two were negative," he said as quoted by Antara, Friday, 4 December.

He explained that if per TPS there were only one or two people who tested positive for COVID-19, the West Sumatra KPU would not replace or recruit new KPPS officers.

According to Izwaryani, KPPS was replaced when at one TPS there were more than two positive ones. Rapid tests and swab tests of KPPS officers are also still ongoing. Of the KPPS, which totaled 87,836 thousand people, there are still 15 sub-districts that have not conducted rapid tests.

"The rapid test will last until December 5, 2020 and the total is not yet complete," he said.