Lockdown Kominfo Office, WFH Employees Return

Menkominfo Johnny G Plate (doc. Kominfo)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) has confirmed that seven of its employees have been exposed to COVID-19. As a result, the office, which is located at Jalan Merdeka Barat No. 9, Central Jakarta, has to lock down.

Employees are asked to return to work from home or work from home (WFH). Lockdown is carried out for the next week and will reopen on September 7, 2020.

"According to the information I got this morning, there were seven Kominfo officials and staff who were confirmed positive. They work in different buildings in the Kominfo office," said Minister of Communication and Information, Johnny G. Plate, in a press release, Friday, August 28.

Johnny has instructed thorough cleaning and disinfecting of all Kominfo buildings and headquarters. Even though Kominfo is back in lockdown, Johnny ensures that his agency will continue to implement health protocols in a disciplined manner within the Kominfo environment.

"I have instructed me to implement health protocols by wearing masks, maintaining distance, washing hands regularly, and reducing meetings in closed rooms with a large number of participants," he said.

During the implementation of WFH, Minister Johnny ensured that the Ministry of Communication and Information services would continue to run. "Ministry of Communication and Information services can be accessed virtually. And I will be based at Widya Chandra," he said.

As of Friday afternoon at 16:00 WIB, within the Ministry of Communication and Information there were 27 positive employees of Covid-19. Of that number, 15 people have recovered, 12 are in the process of healing. Until now, not a single employee has died because of Covid-19.