Walkot Riza Falepi: ASN Who Have Not Been Vaccinated, Cannot Go To Work

Mayor of Payakumbuh, West Sumatra, Riza Falepi

JAKARTA - The Mayor of Payakumbuh, West Sumatra, Riza Falepi made a firm policy. State Civil Apparatus (ASN) who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 for no apparent reason may not come to the office to work.

"I can only emphasize here, ASN who have not been vaccinated cannot go to work. Teachers who do not want to be vaccinated will also not be given teaching hours, except for those who are recommended by doctors not to be vaccinated," said Riza in the Payakumbuh City Hall yard, Monday, October 11.

Riza said this was in line with the target of the Payakumbuh City Government (Pemkot) to be able to reach 60 percent of residents who were vaccinated in October 2021.

"We have a target of 80 percent of Payakumbuh residents being vaccinated, at least this month we can reach 60 percent, the sooner it is achieved, the sooner we will achieve 'herd immunity'," he said further as quoted from Antara.

Riza who led the apples was also attended by Regional Secretary Rida Ananda, Head of the Ministry of Religion Ramza Husmen, Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Religion, ASN leaders and representatives of all OPDs, sub-district heads, village heads, and ASN vertical agencies of the Ministry of Religion.

Like other problems in Payakumbuh City, handling COVID-19 is everyone's problem, not just the city government itself.

"We have been fighting COVID-19 for more than a year, starting from urging and inviting people to always apply health protocols, to now adding to the success of vaccination," he said.

He said the intricacies of vaccination must be overcome with all negative attacks from hoaxes that spread in the community. In fact, in the past many teachers refused and now gradually want to participate in vaccination. Not to mention the series of problems due to the pandemic, such as economic problems.

"Not only parents, I am also worried about children, because online learning alone cannot educate them. It's not that there is no progress in learning, but sorry, it's not that the role of the teacher is not ignored here. But let's measure how together we are. educational progress compared to face-to-face school learning," he said.