Jakarta – General Elections Commission (KPU) member Evi Novida Ginting Manik tested favorable for the coronavirus illness (COVID-19), KPU’s Deputy for Technical Affairs, Eberta Kawima, specified.
While reacting to an inquiry postured by a member of your house of Representatives’ (DPR’s) Commission II during a hearing at the Parliament Building here on Thursday, Kawima verified that Manik had actually contracted the infection.
” Mr. Secretary General, has Novida (Ginting) indeed been infected with the coronavirus?” one of the legislators attending the hearing broadcast during a live streaming video on the DPR YouTube account stated.
KPU Chairman Arief Budiman earlier kept in mind that Ginting had actually apparently tested favorable for COVID-19 based on the results of a swab test obtained on Wednesday, September 9, 2020.
In spite of the disease, Ginting did not exhibit any medical signs, as she revealed no indications of fever, cough, or runny nose.
Ginting is currently self-isolating while keeping abreast of all KPU activities online.
In the meantime, Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy after the United States and India, is yet again prepping to hold the simultaneous regional head elections (Pilkada) in 270 regions, or nearly half of its areas, on December 9 this year.
Regardless of the application of health protocols, COVID-19 has actually become a real hazard to local elections, as a number of regional election officers had contracted the infection.
In East Barito District, Central Kalimantan, head of the regional election supervisory office (Bawaslu), recognized as F, 37, and a member of the regional election workplace (KPU), determined as Z, 44, had checked favorable for COVID-19 for the second time.
In Papua, a member of the regional KPU had contracted the infection. In Boyolali, Central Java, 69 KPU officers were contaminated with COVID-19
A number of potential prospect sets taking part in the elections in different regions have actually likewise apparently been infected with COVID-19
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