Abstract
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been declared a pandemic because of its worldwide spread. The COVID-19 pandemic does not only impact public health but also the operations of businesses and workers’ safety in their workplace. The objectives of this study were to provide a broad perspective of COVID-19 prevention and control implementation in industries, investigate barriers and challenges as well as drivers in implementing COVID-19 prevention and control, and provide key recommendations to the policy makers regarding COVID-19 prevention and control in industries. This study was conducted through online interviews with selected organizations in various industries which were selected by the granting body, including agriculture and animal husbandry; construction; manufacturing; and logistic and goods transportation. It also involved policy makers from government agencies including the Ministry of Manpower, Ministry of Health, Indonesian Safety and Health Council, International Labor Organization, and Indonesian COVID-19 Task Force. The participants of this study were chosen using convenience sampling. The findings of this study indicate that health protocols are implemented to varying degrees in companies, both within and across the sectors, and that drivers to comply with the Health Protocols include compliance, business continuity, and top management commitment. The significant barriers and challenges include a perceived lack of clear direction from the government, rapid changes in directives’, poor worker awareness, and limited organizational resources. The key recommendations to the policy maker include harmonization of the guidelines and legislation, additional schemes to provide funding in the COVID-19 prevention and control implementation, as well as facilitate the ongoing education of the general working public.
Highlights
Introduction iationsThe world is presently affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
This study found that all organizations have already established a COVID-19 task force that is responsible for planning, implementing, controlling, and evaluating the implementation of COVID-19 Health protocols and other prevention and control measures
Health protocols are implemented to varying degrees in companies, both within and across the sectors, with well-established large organizations having more comprehensive management systems and being better able to rapidly and effectively implement COVID policies and procedures
Summary
The world is presently affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). COVID-19 is a relatively new disease caused by the transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) which was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The outbreak was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a worldwide pandemic on 11 March 2020 [1]. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic loss of human life worldwide. According to the COVID-19 Situation report as of 22 October 2021, WHO reported a global cumulative number of 243 million positive cases and 4.94 million deaths since the start of the pandemic [2]. In Indonesia, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia has reported
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