Jayapura, Papua – The General Elections Commission (KPU) authority in the Indonesian Province of Papua revealed that one of its members had contracted the novel coronavirus illness (COVID-19) and was under hospitalization at a regional center.
” Currently, the commission’s member is getting treatment in the hospital’s isolation ward,” Secretary of the KPU-Papua Provincial Workplace Ryllo Ashuri Panay alerted regional reporters in Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province, on Wednesday.
In stopping the potential transmission of COVID-19, the commission authority will spray disinfectant at the KPU office; arrange swab tests for the commission’s members and employees at its secretariat; and initiate a work-from-home (WFH) policy.
The WFH policy will enter into impact from Sept 10 to Sept 17, Panay said.
The KPU workplaces in nine provinces, 224 districts, and 37 cities are busy dealing with all stages of the simultaneous local elections, scheduled on December 9, 2020.
In Papua Province, the KPU workplace is charged with guaranteeing the smooth assembling of the simultaneous regional elections in the districts of Waropen, Supiori, Merauke, Yalimo, Boven Digul, Asmat, Mamberamo Raya, Nabire, Keerom, Pegunungan Bintang, and Yahukimo.
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) repeated the significance of applying rigorous COVID-19 avoidance health procedures throughout all phases of the 2020 regional elections, as public health stays an unwavering top priority.
According to the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI), several infractions of health protocols were dedicated throughout the registration process for candidates contesting this year’s regional elections held on September 4-6.
The offenses were observed in cities and districts, such as Medan in North Sumatra, Solo in Central Java, Karawang District in West Java, and Surabaya in East Java, where individuals had gathered in motorcades to demonstrate their support for candidates.
For this year’s regional elections, President Jokowi has bought Home Minister Tito Karnavian and National Authorities Chief Gen. Idham Azis to take strict actions to ward off the transmission of COVID-19
For Indonesia, which has been fighting to flatten its coronavirus curve given that March 2020, the previous 2 weeks have tossed up an uneasy trend.
The nation has recorded a spike in the COVID-19 infection rate, with over 3 thousand new cases included daily. This is in addition to the reality that over 100 frontline doctors have actually succumbed to the infection.
On September 3, 2020, for example, 3,622 new cases were reported over a 24- hour duration, and on September 8, Indonesia recorded 3,046 fresh infections, which brought the overall tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 200,035
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