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Enny of Bekasi’s health agency said transmissions could occur at smoking area or food stalls
outside factory complexes after working hours.
Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) property and economic zone head Sanny Iskandar
said companies had followed health protocols and regulations, with some carrying out massive
testing using rapid antibody tests, which should be seen positively.

Given that most cities and regencies have relaxed lockdown restrictions, companies would have
no idea where workers could spend after-work hours, he said, emphasizing that it took everyone
to work together in improving the country’s economy and maintaining safe workplaces.

“Factories [affected] are large companies that have the money to test their workers. They provide
food in canteens. But factories outside these [industrial] areas, their workers eat outside. So, I’m
not sure with these companies; maybe it’s just because they don’t test so they don’t find any
cases,” Sanny said.

“There must be monitoring because it’s better to prevent rather than take reactive actions after
workers are infected.”

Caption:

Physical distancing: Factory workers wait their turn to take a rapid test at a Suzuki factory in
Cikarang, Bekasi regency, West Java, on Friday. As many as 90 factory workers took part in the
rapid testing to curb the spread of COVID-19 in industrial estates.

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