Due To ASN Positively Detected COVID-19, 13 Service Offices In Garut Regency Government Are Temporarily Closed

Officers spraying disinfectant in the work environment of the Garut Regency Communication and Information Office, Friday, June 11. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - A total of 13 official offices within the Garut Regency Government, West Java were temporarily closed for sterilization in order to break the chain of transmission of COVID-19 in office clusters after a state civil apparatus (ASN) was detected positive for COVID-19.

"We are closing the office in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus because there are our colleagues who are symptomatic and positive for COVID-19. We are closing the office from today until Sunday, June 13," said Secretary of the Garut Regency Communication and Information Office, Agus Barjah in Garut, as reported by Antara, Friday, June 11.

Communication and Information Office of Garut Regency noted that government offices were temporarily closed for public and work activities, namely Communication and Information Office, Regional Personnel Agency, Inspectorate, Bappeda, Agriculture Service, Industry and Trade Office, BPKAD, Education Office, Fisheries and Livestock Service, Public Works And Housing Service, Youth and Sports Service, Regional Secretariat, and Council Secretariat.

Agus Barjah conveyed that the office that was sterilized was immediately sprayed with disinfectant by firefighters. "We are spraying at offices located within the Information and Communication Technology Office, in collaboration with the Fire Service," he said.

He hopes that with the sterilization by spraying disinfectants, there will be no more COVID-19 in the work environment in the local government office environment, especially at the Garut Communication and Information Office.

He also hopes that the pandemic will end soon so that he can return to work calmly and there will be no more worries about the presence of COVID-19.

"Our hope is that after we spray disinfectant, there will be no more coronavirus around us and in Garut Regency in general," he said.