Eximbank Employees Are Positive For COVID-19, Headquarters Closed For 14 Days

Illustration. (Angga Nugraha / VOI)

JAKARTA - Eximbank or the Indonesian Export Financing Agency (LPEI) closed its head office in Jakarta because one of its employees was positive for the corona virus or COVID-19. LPEI Corporate Secretary, Agus Windiarto said, because of this, the company took firm steps by closing its head office for 14 days.

According to him, this step was taken to break the chain of spread of the virus starting July 25, 2020. This situation was admitted by Agus, made his party concerned, and took strategic steps.

"We take this step to ensure the safety and security of all employees and all parties around us or those who have a working relationship with LPEI," he told VOI, Monday, July 27.

Agus added, Eximbank has conducted routine and periodic disinfection of all LPEI offices. This is done to ensure cleanliness and readiness of the office so that it can be used again at a later date.

Meanwhile, he continued, positive employees have been treated in hospital or independent isolation. He also advised all employees including people without symptoms (OTG) to do an independent swab test.

"We implement operations at a minimum scale so that customer service continues to run by enforcing health protocols and work protocols in accordance with those set by the government," he explained.

For information, as of Monday 27 July, the number of new COVID-19 cases continues to grow. Based on data from the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) as of July 27 at 12.00 WIB, as many as 13,060 specimens have been examined with the confirmed positive cases reaching 1,525 people.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 100,303 people," the Ministry of Health was quoted as saying, Monday, July 27.

Today's cases recovered increased by 1,518 people with total cases recovered reaching 55,354 people. Meanwhile, the number of confirmed positive cases who died increased by 57 people and a total of 4,838 people.

The province with the most new cases was in DKI Jakarta with 467 new cases and 19,592 total cases. Then, East Java with 273 new cases and a total of 273 cases. East Java is also the province with the most accumulated cases in Indonesia.