The COVID-19 pandemic reminds us of the value of occupational health and safety to protect employees from the possible threats of occupational illness and other health issue, including transmittable diseases or illness that are currently endemi
Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has required higher attention to be paid to the security of employees in the office, especially their health, to prevent the spread of COVID-19
” The COVID-19 pandemic advises us of the significance of occupational health and wellness to protect workers from the prospective risks of occupational illness and other illness, including infectious diseases or illness that are presently endemic,” he stated here on Wednesday.
The minister explained that the workplace is among the places which have a relatively high capacity for COVID-19 transmission. Social activities, beginning with activities with the family in your home, in the area, to the office, are considered to impact the variety of nationwide favorable cases, he kept in mind.
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There are five essential things that need to be done to maintain health in the work environment to prevent additional cases from occurring, he stated. Among them is barcode screening utilizing the PeduliLindungi application, followed by a temperature check, he added.
Second, a workplace or factory must develop and trigger a COVID-19 Task Force as a method to conduct behavioral security in addition to follow up on suspects or verified cases ought to any be discovered in the workplace, Sadikin stated.
” The pandemic is not yet anticipated to end. We will prepare ourselves to exist together with COVID-19,” he mentioned.
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He restated that it is important for everyone in the workplace to increase awareness of their fellow employees, so they constantly follow the health protocols in a disciplined way, such as utilizing masks effectively, cleaning hands whenever they do activities, and keeping distance.
They also should motivate each other to get COVID-19 vaccinations, which will increase immunity versus the virus, therefore securing those around them, the minister said.
Informing workers to better recognize the types of COVID-19 symptoms and increase self-awareness is also very essential to reduce unwanted threats, he added.
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He suggested that employees can contribute to stemming infection transmission in the work environment through these efforts along with help in handling the pandemic in the public. This will assist enhance workers’ health and restore the economic sector, he stated.
” By carrying out these efforts, it is expected that in the future, it can also support organization connection, economic healing, and growth, in addition to (guarantee) higher national performance by reinforcing and increasing the imposition of occupational safety and health,” Sadikin included.
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