Anies Asks Employees To Report Their Office If They Violate Health Protocols

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan (Photo: Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan asked employees to report their company to the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government if they violated health protocols during the transition to Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB).

He said this needed to be done considering that there are offices which are the new cluster for the spread of COVID-19.

"Just report that if you work there, the place where you work does not comply with health protocols," Anies told reporters in Jakarta, Sunday, July 26.

The former Minister of Education and Culture (Mendikbud) said that in order to overcome the spread of COVID-19 in offices, they must comply with health protocols by using masks, maintaining distance, and washing hands diligently.

"So wear a mask, keep your distance, that's the most important thing," he said.

Furthermore, Head of the Jakarta Manpower and Transmigration and Energy (Disnakertransgi) Office Andri Yansyah said that currently there are three companies that have reported their employees having contracted COVID-19.

It's just that he did not mention the names of these companies further. He only said that the three companies were in the East Jakarta area.

"We can't tell you, but there are three areas in East Jakarta," he said.

Of the three companies whose employees have contracted COVID-19, Andri continued, one employee has died while the rest are being treated in hospital.

"One company on average is one (positive for COVID-19, red). Some people died after being hospitalized for two or three days. The one who died was in one company, the other two were still being treated," he said.

Previously, the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan said that there was a trend of increasing the spread of COVID-19 cases in the last 2 weeks. The spread occurred mostly in office activities and community members during the transitional PSBB period.

"The increase in spread is in line with the increased mobility of citizens. From our findings with testing, activities in offices and community communities are one of the most vulnerable places for spreading," Anies said in a YouTube broadcast by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government, Friday, July 25 evening.

During the transitional PSBB period, a number of activities have indeed been reopened. The business premises have been allowed to reopen on the condition that the employee capacity limit is a maximum of 50 percent.

Companies are asked to divide employees' working hours using the shift system. However, this is not all followed. Since supervision to date, there have been 1,317 companies that violated the provisions of the transitional PSBB. Four of them were temporarily closed.

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In addition, many community members have started their activities again. In this activity, many residents did not comply with the COVID-19 prevention protocol.

"In a place like this you have to keep your distance, you have to remind each other, never hesitate to reprimand our neighbors who may have neglected to follow health protocols, for example, use a mask at any time, wash your hands as regularly as possible, keep your distance. That's a simple principle," said Anies.

Some time ago, former Spokesperson for Handling COVID-19 Achmad Yurianto also conveyed that the number of cases of COVID-19 transmission in the work environment continued to increase.

This happens because many people underestimate the COVID-19 protocol, such as removing masks and not maintaining distance in their offices because they are familiar with their respective co-workers.

"The addition of many cases occurs in the work environment. There are those who think that a colleague who is already familiar with wearing a mask is considered unnecessary," said Yuri at Graha BNPB, East Jakarta, Thursday, July 16.

In fact, said Yuri, even though you are in the office with people who are used to meeting, you must still follow health protocols. Because, everyone in the office comes from a different environment and has different risks.

"The only safe place for us is at home. Therefore, keep wearing masks even when you are outside the house, including the office," he said.

In addition, the worker's lunch location is also a source of transmission of COVID-19. At this lunch venue, our people often forget that health protocols such as maintaining distance have to be strictly enforced. Because, that's when the mask is removed to eat.

"Keep your distance and try not to talk at all, as long as we still eat with other people at the place to eat. This is important so that this also reduces the risk of disease spread," he said.

Yuri said, the place to eat is a gathering place for people from various locations. Therefore, Yuri advised the workers not to talk during the meal and leave the place immediately when finished.

"So far, it is in the dining place that we can meet many people chatting, it can be prolonged with a close-knit atmosphere. However, there is a provision called the adaptation of new habits," he said.

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