Abstract
This study aims to analyze policies to tackle the spread of Covid-19 in Indonesia, specifically looking at the progressive side of efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19 in Indonesia. The research method used in this research is normative juridical with a statutory approach and the data used in this study are secondary data. Based on the research results, it is known that Covid-19 Government Regulation is a progressive step in handling the Covid-19 case in Indonesia. However, this initial step must be followed by other concrete efforts as a progressive effort to optimize the prevention of the spread of Covid-19 in Indonesia. Steps to optimize the implementation of governmental coercion in the steps to implement Covid-19 Government Regulation can be in the form of; restrictions on the mobility of goods and people, closure of schools and workplaces, restrictions on religious activities, closure of public facilities, fulfillment of basic needs of the population, and followed up with the drafting of provincial and regencial/municipal regulations.
Highlights
The issuance of a statement by the WHO (World Health Organization) on March 11, 2020, which stated that:1“WHO has been assessing this outbreak around the clock and we are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of invection
We have made ehe assessment that Covid-19 can be characterized as a pandemic,” indicatedthatWHO had called on countries to take urgent and aggressive action against the virus that has been declared a pandemic
Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on March 10, 2020, had sent a letter to President Joko Widodo regarding the Indonesian government's inability to handle the Covid-19 cases comprehensively.2In line with this, it is stated in the fourth paragraph of the preamble of The Constitution of The State of The Republic ofIndonesia of the Year 1945 (The 1945 Constitution of the Republic Indonesia)the requirements of the activity of the state to, “protect the whole Indonesiannation and the entire native land of Indonesia and toadvance the public welfare, and to educate the life of thenation”,Article 28I section (4) of The 1945 Constitution of the Republic Indonesia states that: “The protection, advancement, enforcement andfulfillment of human rights shall be the responsibilityof the state, the government.”
Summary
The issuance of a statement by the WHO (World Health Organization) on March 11, 2020, which stated that:1“WHO has been assessing this outbreak around the clock and we are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of invection.
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