Social Restrictions Policy Research Articles

PENGAWASAN OMBUDSMAN TERHADAP PENYELENGGARAAN PELAYANAN PUBLIK PADA MASA PANDEMI CORONA VIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19)

ABSTRACTSupervise the government as the provider of public services to carry out their duties and authorities under applicable regulations. Large-Scale Social Restrictions are restrictions on certain activities in an area suspected of being infected with Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which causes the quality of public services to be disrupted. The Ombudsman has the task of supervising the implementation of shared services organized by state or government officials and private or individual bodies assigned the task of providing services according to minimum service standards as a benchmark for service delivery and assessing the quality of services to the community. The research method used is normative juridical research with a conceptual approach (Statute Approach).The results of this study are large-scale social restriction policies through the Mayor of Tarakan Regulation Number 17 of 2020, restrictions on activities outside the house such as the implementation of learning at schools and/or other educational institutions, Work From Home (WFH), religious movements in houses of worship, activities in public places, social and cultural activities and Mandatory rapid tests for those using Sea and Air transportation modes, and providing social assistance to communities affected by COVID-19. Ombudsman's supervision of public services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tarakan City, namely by conducting coordination and control and cooperation with state and private officials as well as community or individual organizations, opening an Online Complaint Post for COVID-19 Affected Persons. Also, conduct unannounced checks to improve public services in the City of Tarakan. Based on the supervision, the receipt of reports on suspicion of maladministration and the Ombudsman's investigation results are subject to examination. Suppose it is proven that it has committed maladministration in public services, the Ombudsman of the Republic of Indonesia can take corrective action and provide recommendations/suggestions to state administrators to improve the quality of public services. Keywords: Surveillance; Ombudsman; Public Service; COVID-19 Pandemic

The Role of The Community in Handling The Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesia

Coronavirus disease is also known as Covid-19 (Corona Virus Disease 2019) and was discovered in the city of Wuhan, China at the end of December 2019. This virus spreads rapidly and has reached almost every country, including Indonesia, in just a few months. As a result, numerous countries have implemented regulations imposing lockdowns to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. To control the spread of this virus, Indonesia implemented a Large-Scale Social Restriction (PSBB) policy. The method employed in this study is to analyze data from various reading sources. By comparing journals or articles, references are obtained from online publications with diverse studies. This study utilized five journals as references, all of which demonstrated that community participation in preventing the spread of Covid-19 was in a good category. According to the journals reviewed, information regarding the handling of Covid-19 necessitated the participation of all parties to prevent its spread. From the five journals obtained, all of these journals indicate that the role of the community is required in preventing the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

Student Perception of Interest in Learning and its Impact on Online Learning of Public Health Study Program, University of Muhammadiyah Jakarta

In Indonesia, a large-scale social restriction policy or commonly known as PSBB has been implemented to further suppress the spread of this virus in Indonesia. The education sector is changing due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government through the Letter of the Minister of Education and Culture Number 36962 / MPK.A / HK / 2020 concerning Online Learning and Working from Home to Prevent the Spread of Covid-19 as an effort to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The Learning System has changed from face-to-face to online where this research was conducted at the Faculty of Public Health, the University of Muhammadiyah Jakarta in 2021. The objective of this study was to determine student perceptions regarding online learning during the Covid-19 period. Descriptive research method design with a qualitative approach with phenomenological methods. The sample in this study was four (4) students consisting of one second semester, one fourth semester, and two sixth semesters. This study wants to explore the phenomena experienced by students in online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The variables studied include behavior, perception, motivation, action and some of them are grouped into learning impacts, physical linkages, infrastructure, and holistic Islamic practices experienced by students in online learning. The result from The impact of learning is that students feel less interested in learning, less effective, and less understanding. From a physical point of view, eye fatigue is felt, from facilities and infrastructure students feel signal barriers when doing online learning from parental support to support online learning and from Islamic practice in the learning process carried out by several lecturers, in terms of decreased motivation to learn students experience decreased motivation to learn, in terms of student satisfaction, they are not satisfied and want offline learning.

POLICY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LARGE-SCALE SOCIAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE ERADICATION OF THE COVID-19 VIRUS IN JAKARTA

The presence of the Covid 19 Pandemic has ravaged various aspects of human life in the world, including in Indonesia, including: health aspects, economic aspects, education aspects, social aspects, defense and security aspects, cultural aspects, and so on, thus requiring super strict handling. . The purpose of this study was to determine the implementation of the Large-Scale Social Restriction (PSBB) policy towards eradicating the Covid-19 virus in DKI Jakarta. Methods This research uses a qualitative descriptive method. Qualitative research data were collected through in-depth interviews. The results of the analysis of the Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) policy have not been fully effective in terms of suppressing the transmission of Covid-19 in DKI Jakarta. The standard implementation of DKI Jakarta's Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) policy has not been running according to community expectations. The level of community compliance is felt to be still less visible than the high number of violations that occurred during the PSBB period.

Dampak Covid-19 terhadap Pendapatan Pedagang Pasar Tradisional di Desa Limehe Timur

The article aims to examine the impact of Covid 19 on the income of traditional market traders in East Limehe Village. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak that is happening in the community, especially traders and also since several areas have imposed restrictions on the movement of people, the crowd has done partial quarantine so that many traders are losing money because buyers are very rare or even absent. Before Covid 19, visitors to the market were very busy. However, with the emergence of the Covid 19 pandemic which shocked all regions in Indonesia, especially East Limehe Village, the number of visitors who came has begun to decrease. The reason is because of the social restriction policies and prevention of the spread of Covid 19 imposed by the government. This research was carried out in the implementation of the KKS integrated community service program as an effort to participate in Tabongo District, especially East Limehe Village, so that the community, especially traditional market traders, during this pandemic period. The approach steps used are as follows: Planning, preparation, implementation.

Pengaruh Pandemi Covid-19 Terhadap Jumlah Sampah di Tempat Pemrosesan Akhir Regional Kota Payakumbuh

Restrictions on community activities during the Covid-19 pandemic have an impact on the amount of waste a city produces. This study aims to analyze the amount of incoming waste at the Payakumbuh Regional Final Processing Site (TPA) before and during the Covid-19 pandemic, analyze the impact of the pandemic on waste sources and provide recommendations for waste management during the pandemic. Data on the amount of waste entering the TPA was obtained from measurements of waste at the weighbridge before the pandemic (February – March 2020) and during the pandemic (April – May 2020). The analysis of the impact of the pandemic on the source of the waste is based on the results of interviews with truck drivers and analysis of truck routes. The results showed a decrease in the amount of waste transported to the landfill by 11.15% during the Covid-19 pandemic. The average amount of waste before the pandemic was 237.36 tons/day, while during the pandemic is 210.90 tons/day. The decrease in the amount of waste is due to restrictions on community activities outside the home with the implementation of the Large-Scale Social Restriction (PSBB) policy. The implementation of PSBB policy during the pandemic caused a decrease in the amount of waste from institutional, commercial and city service facilities by 29.48-50% and an increase in domestic sources by 21.22%.

Mobility as a driver of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in cancer patients during the second coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic wave.

We retrospectively analyzed the epidemiological characteristics of cancer patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) infection and their correlations with publicly available mobility data. Between 19 October 2020 and 28 February 2021, 4754 patient visits were carried out, and 1454 treatments have been applied at the Haemato‐Oncology Day Hospital Merano. Additional measures to prevent local SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission included a specific questionnaire for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) symptoms as well as a SARS‐CoV‐2 real‐time polymerase‐chain reaction (RT‐PCR) 2 days prior to any intravenous or subcutaneous therapy. Community mobility was assessed through publicly available mobile phone tracking data from Google; 106/719 (14.7%) cancer patients have been tested positive for SARS‐CoV‐2 by PCR during the second wave compared to 5/640 (0.8%) within the first wave (P < .001); 66/106 (62%) had solid tumors, and 40/106 (38%) had hematological malignancies; 90/106 (85%) patients received ongoing antitumor therapies. Mortality rate of COVID‐19 positive cancer patients (7/106; 6.6%) was higher compared to the overall population (731/46 421; 1.6%; P < .001). Strict control measures at our department led to a significantly lower test positivity rate compared to the general population, resulting in a reduction of 58.5% of new SARS‐CoV‐2 cases. Over time, infection rates and community mobility correlated in the first and second wave after initiating and lifting restrictions. Our findings underscore the importance of strict preventive control measures including testing and contact tracing in vulnerable subpopulations such as cancer patients, particularly if social restriction policies are being lifted. Smartphone‐based mobility data may help to guide policy makers to prevent a vulnerable population like cancer patients from virus transmission.

Data Mining using K-means method for feasibility selection of Non-cash food Assistance recipients in the Era of Covid-19

All countries in the world are currently experiencing a severe economic crisis following the outbreak of the COVID-19 outbreak. In Indonesia, the Large-Scale Social Restriction (PSBB) policy is reported to have increased the number of poor people. Social assistance is a government program to improve the social welfare of the lower economic community. In carrying out the program, the central government and local governments coordinate with each other so that the program is right on target without any element of fraud. In the neighbourhood of Rukun Warga 001, Kelapa Dua Village, there are still obstacles in selecting the eligibility for social assistance recipients, namely Non-Cash Food Aid. The data on the poor are not in accordance with the actual conditions. In this study, to implementing data mining with the K-Means Algorithm. The K-Means Clustering algorithm is used to classify people who are classified as eligible to receive social assistance and those who are not entitled to receive social assistance. The data sample used is the data of Rukun Warga 001, Kelapa Dua Village. The results of this study indicate that cluster 1 with the appropriate category of receiving social assistance according to government programs in the Rukun Warga 001 neighbourhood of Kelapa Dua sub-district amounted to 13 families. And cluster 2 in the category of not eligible to receive social assistance amounted to 97 heads of families out of a total of 110 heads of families in RW 001.

Park users’ perception and preference of public park in Bogor City post Large Scale Social Restriction (LSSR)

On 31st March 2020, Indonesia pulls out a large scale social restriction (LSSR) policy to depress the spread of Covid19. The regulation leads to the lay-off of schools, workplaces, worship places, and public facilities, including public parks. Despite the time, it is only a matter of time until the new normal and reopening of all public facilities. For that, public parks as public facilities should be prepared in a way before it is reopened so as not to worsen the situation or even create a new pandemic wave. It is an excellent opportunity to build better by applying health protocol for a healthier future, and transforming the future sustainable landscape. This research is studying two public parks in Bogor City, a satellite city of the megapolitan Jakarta area, which affected the most by Covid19, i.e.,, Sempur Park and Kencana Park. This research aims to explore users’ perceptions and preferences of using public parks to plan health protocol for public parks in the new normal era. Data collected through an online questionnaire survey. As much as 192 responses are analyzed. Data and instruments are valid and reliable, with an overall Cronbach alpha value of 0.896. Results showed that the perception of park use pre-LSSR and post-LSSR was significantly different. The trend of park use was similar but at different levels. This indicates that the motivation and willingness to visit and use public parks is decreasing, therefore applying health protocol is a necessity in the future. This study also found that existing parks perceived to be quite appropriate in accordance with health protocols and need to be moderately modified. Another finding was that the considered most required health protocols application were procurement of handwashing facility, park benches placed at least 1 meter apart, and solitary park bench. It is elicited that despite the type of park, the visitors’ preference was the same.

Analysis of air quality changes due to large-scale social restriction policies (study case: Bogor Municipality, Yogyakarta Municipality, and Bantul Regency)

Air pollution is one of the environmental quality indicators. The COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia happened in February 2020, so three area of the cities that had implemented a Large-Scale Social Restriction Policy (PSBB). This study aimed to analyse changes in air quality in Bogor Municipality, Yogyakarta Municipality, and Bantul Regency due to the PSBB based on the air pollutant standard index value. The determination of the air pollutant standard index value is based on critical parameters by calculating the air pollutant standard index value of all parameters referring to the Regulation of the Minister of Environment and Forestry Number P.14/MENLHK/SETJEN/KUM.1/7/2020. The concentration of the five parameters of the Air Pollutant Standard Index (ISPU) fluctuated from 2015-2020. The air pollutant standard index scores before PSBB implementation of the Bogor Municipality, Yogyakarta Municipality, and Bantul Regency PSBB were 59, 74, 87, respectively, whereas after implementation were 58, 36, 64, respectively. The Large-Scale Social Restriction Policy (PSBB) positively impacts air quality improvement in those three areas.

Dampak Kebijakan Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar (PSBB) Terhadap Ekonomi Pelaku Usaha di Pasar Tanah Abang Jakarta

Large-scale social restriction (PSBB) Policy to minimize spread of covid19 impacted on the economy of trader at Tanah Abang Market Jakarta which inlude the effect on revenue, the effect on economi activity, and the effect on expenditure. The purpose of this research is not only to analyze the impact of PSBB policy to the trader ecomony at Tanah Abang Jakarta but also to analyze government and trader effort at Tanah Abang to overcome the impact of PSBB. Determination of informant 2 using purposive sampling method. Result of this research shows that there is a decrease in income turnover of the trader , but on the other side, the trader still have to bear the burden of expenses for operational cost such as service charge, electricity cost, so that a lot of trader go bankrupt. Government's effort to overcome effect of PSBB policy is provide direct cash assistance, and a massive vaccination for trader actor and public. Trader’s also make efforts to overcome PSBB with cut the expenses and sell their products online. Recommendations given are the government needs provide business capital assistance, proceed vaccination covid19 program, and implementing strict health protocol at Tanah Abang Market, also encourgae the trader to mastering information technology to promote textile and textile product in e-commerce and maintaining the quality of the product being marketed..

The COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) Policies for the Community in Various Prevention Efforts

This study aims to determine the analysis of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) policies for the community in various efforts to prevent the impact of Coronavirus disease transmission or known COVID-19. The wider the range of transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic, including in Indonesia, the government has taken decisions or steps to immediately break the chain of transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic by making policies, one of which is the large-scale social restriction (PSBB) policy. Government policy N0. 21 of 2020 concerning large-scale social restrictions in the context of accelerating the handling of the COVID-19. The research method is qualitative research with an empirical literature approach. This study uses the library method, namely browsing documents, reports such as journals, post office, books, articles, mass media, or news. The results of this study analyze government policies regarding large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) which have a major impact on people's lives, especially the difficulty of the economy to meet the needs of daily life, especially the lower middle class. PSBB direct impact is devastating for the people who rely on daily income, such as itinerant traders, hawkers, motorcycle taxi operators, drivers and public transportation has. This is one of the impacts of the enactment of the large-scale social restriction (PSBB) policy in Indonesia. From the results of the researchers, it can be concluded that the impact of the virus COVID-19 has resulted in an economic crisis, Learning activities previously carried out in schools today so learn at home online, difficulty to access basic health services, the implementation of the work patterns works from home.

Does the Implementation of Regulation Affect COVID-19 Transmissibility and Mortality? Lessons Learned from Nganjuk Regency

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a global pandemic is ineluctable, transmission that originated from a foreign country became the local transmission in Indonesia. As several regional authorities implemented a large-scale social restriction policy to reduce the transmission of COVID-19, the Nganjuk Regency government chose to implement a different strategy with the implementation of Regent Regulation number 28 of 2020 about novel practice in the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Objective: This study aimed to analyze the impact of the implementation of the regulation on COVID-19 transmissibility and mortality at the Nganjuk Regency. Methods: Data were collected from the daily confirmed cases and death of COVID-19 made accessible for the public by the Nganjuk Regency Task Force for COVID-19 and Nganjuk Regency Health Office starting from March 30th to September 20th. Interrupted time series analysis was performed to estimate the impact of the implementation of regent regulation on COVID-19 transmission and mortality parameters. Result: The trend of new confirmed cases and deaths of COVID-19 in the Nganjuk Regency continued to fluctuate before and even after the implementation of regent regulation. It was found that there were reductions in case of fatality rates by -0.002 ± 0.003 (ρ 0.002) on CFR and -0.008 ± 0.008 (ρ 0.007) on eCFR after the regent regulation was implemented but there was no significant reduction on COVID-19 transmissibility parameter. Conclusion: Implementation of regent regulation in Nganjuk Regency significantly affected the reduction of case fatality rate but failed to slow down the COVID-19 transmissibility. Intensive community engagement to comply with the health preventive measures should be considered as an effective preventive strategy to reduce the transmission of COVID-19.

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICIENCY OF ISLAMIC BANKING IN INDONESIA BEFORE AND DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

In 2019, COVID-19 starts to become a global emergence and keeps spreading all over the world. It has begun to enter Indonesia in February 2020 and has developed the social restriction and lockdown policy that leads to the decline in the economy. In contrast, the Islamic banking industry has escalated marginally in the past century. As a business entity, Islamic Banking has to maintain its business performance, one of which is by measuring the efficiency of the bank. The aim of this study is to analyse whether the Islamic Banking industry is disrupted by the occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic, by measuring the efficiency of Islamic Banking. This study uses the Data Envelopment Analysis method with Variable Return to Scale model in output orientation. The variables used are based on the Intermediation approach which are Third Party Funds with Total Assets for the input, and Financing with Operating Income for the output. The samples are from all of the Islamic Banks in Indonesia in 2019-2021 except PT Bank Net Indonesia Syariah (total of 13). After calculating the efficiency, to see whether there is a difference between the Islamic Banks' efficiency before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Mann-Whitney U Test are used. The result of this study is that the Islamic banks in Indonesia have not been efficient both before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic, with a score of 68,12% for before and 69,64% for during pandemic. Moreover, the correlation analysis using the Mann-Whitney U test result indicates that the efficiency score before and during the COVID-19 pandemic has no significant difference. Hence, this illustrates that the occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t affect the Islamic Banking industry in Indonesia, particularly on their efficiency.

The Indonesian Government's Inconsistency in Handling The Covid-19 Pandemic

A clear legal umbrella is a basis for the effectiveness of a policy, including in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the inconsistency of the legal umbrella in giving birth legal uncertain, and the public becomes confused. This research aims to critique the Indonesian government's attitude in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, which began in early 2020 due to the legal umbrella's inconsistency in enforcing different and ineffective legal sanctions at the central government and local governments. The research method used is normative research with a statutory approach. In contrast, the research explained in a descriptive-qualitative way. This research shows that the government considers the Covid-19 pandemic a non-natural disaster and does not lockdown. Meanwhile, the legal umbrella used is the health quarantine law, which requires implementing public health emergencies, almost the same as lockdowns. On the other hand, the Large-Scale Social Restriction (PSBB) policy has a legal basis for a health quarantine law. At the same time, the Covid-19 pandemic situation is a non-natural disaster that should refer to the disaster management law. Furthermore, other results also show ineffective enforcement of legal sanctions, such as criminal sanctions in regional head decisions that can not enforce because PSBB only includes administrative sanctions. In conclusion, the inconsistency of the legal umbrella in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic is very detrimental to the community due to limited human rights, which can lead to legal uncertainty and public distrust of the government.

ONLINE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

PSBB Policy or Large-Scale Social Restrictions policy is expected to suppress the spread of the virus and break the chain of spread in various regions in Indonesia. Although it has an impact on various sectors, it also creates new opportunities in the business system, which is called by online system. The study objective was to analyze the opportunities and challenges of online business during a pandemic. This study method used a descriptive qualitative approach with the object in the study was the MSME online business players who are domiciled in West Java. The data source in the study were taken from primary data sources by using interview techniques. The results of the study showed that the opportunities for economic trends during the pandemic can be seen from the progress of online businesses that may affect consumer behavior accompanied by challenges in the form of the public trust level in products.

Spatial analysis of COVID-19 outbreak to assess the effectiveness of social restriction policy in dealing with the pandemic in Jakarta

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been spread globally and brought health and socioeconomic issues. Jakarta tried to accommodate health and economic interests through the Large-Scale Social Restriction (LSSR) policy that should be assessed. This study aims to (1) visualize the spatial patterns of confirmed Covid-19 cases and the locations of potential risk of transmission, and (2) determine the spatial processes underlying the spatial patterns of Covid-19 cases. The emerging hot spot analysis and space-time scan statistic were employed to analyze the dynamic of infected cases and transmission risk. A Geographical Weighted Regression (GWR) model was developed to define factors that influence the spatial transmission. The result shows that spatial transmission keeps continuing, despite a decline in the aggregate pandemic curve during LSSR implementation. This was likely affected by settlements types and population density distribution, and transportation networks. Spatial analysis supports the aggregate pandemic curve to increase the pandemic surveillance effectiveness.

Transformation of Community Behavior to Avoid Covid-19 Pandemic

The World Health Organization (WHO) has categorized the coronavirus (Covid-19) as a pandemic, and the Government of Indonesia categorizes the Covid-19 Pandemic as a national disaster. The aforementioned statements show that this virus can attack anyone and any country in the world, and has become a non-natural national disaster in Indonesia. Covid-19 pandemic is very dangerous and can threaten various aspects of people's lives, such as education, health, social, cultural, economic, psychological, and community worship activities. This study aimed to examine the transformation of changes in socio-cultural behavior of the community to avoid Covid-19 transmission by complying with the Large-Scale Social Restrictions (LSSR) policy. This research used descriptive qualitative and interpretive methods through observation, participation action research, and in-depth interviews with informants. The results showed that the Large-Scale Social Restrictions (LSSR) policy to break the chain of transmission of the Covid-19 outbreak had resulted in the transformation of changes in socio-cultural behavior towards healthy behavior. The transformation of changes in socio-cultural behavior in accordance with the LSSR policy is carried out quickly, simultaneously, fundamentally, and radically so that it can be said that there has been a revolutionary transformation of behavior. Changes in community behavior occur in the implementation of 11 components of the LSSR policy, namely, working at home, studying at home, worshiping at home, delaying meetings with many people, not visiting sick people, restricting outsiders from entering another area, delaying Eid (Eid) homecoming, limiting transportation modes, wearing masks washing hands with soap, and spraying disinfectants. The implementation of the LSSR policy by the community has had both positive and negative impacts. Positive impacts include the growth of warm communication within the family, the growth of academic culture in the family, the growth of healthy behavior in the community, and the increased use of Information Technology (WA, telephone, FB, IG, Twitter, zoom, etc.). While the negative impacts include: decreasing friendship and peer socialization, decreasing the degree of kinship, decreasing the liveliness of Idul Fithri, increasing household expenditure, and decreasing community economic and social activities.

Urgensi Kebijakan Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Mikro (PSBM) Pasca Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar (PSBB) Dalam Penanganan Covid 19 Di Kota Pekanbaru Tahun 2020

After the implementation of Large-Scale Social Restrictions, Pekanbaru City enters the New Normal condition based on the Pekanbaru Mayor Circular regarding the new normal life order. The new life order policy or New Normal actually led to an increase in COVID 19 cases, therefore the Pekanbaru City Government issued a micro-scale social restriction policy, especially in sub-districts that were considered to have the highest rate of spread of COVID 19. This study aims to determine the urgency of micro-scale social restriction policy. The method in this research uses qualitative methods by collecting data sources from legal products, articles and news from the mass media as well as interviews with research sources. The results of this study indicate that the urgency of the presence of this Micro-Scale Social Restriction policy is seen in two ways. First, as an initial step for community habituation in facing the new life order or the new normal. The community is not ready to live in a new normal framework so that less-reaching habituation is needed, namely micro-scale social restrictions. Second, the micro-scale social restriction policy was able to reduce the number of health protocol violations. However, it turns out that the decrease in the number of health protocol violations has no correlation with the decrease in the number of positive COVID cases. For 2 reasons, the implementation of this policy was in fact ineffective in suppressing the spread of COVID 19 in Pekanbaru City so that its enforcement was stopped.

How Successful was Large-scale Social Restrictions Policy in Suppressing COVID-19

Large-scale Social Restrictions (LSR) was the Indonesian government's primary instrument to break the chain of coronavirus or COVID-19 transmission at the early phase of the pandemic. LSR implementation such as school and workplace closure, restrictions on religious activities, and or restrictions on activities on public premises or facilities. This study aims to investigate the effect of LSR policy on COVID-19 developments in Indonesia. This study was a cross-sectional study with a total population of 99,077,313 people from three provinces in Indonesia. This research analyzed the LSR policy implemented in the entire province or partially as an exposure and the development of Covid-19 as an outcome. The outcome was measured by doubling the times needed for new cases. Data were taken from secondary source namely from the COVID-19 task force report that has been announced publicly. The unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test was used as statistical analysis of the secondary data. The results showed a significant impact (p&lt;0.05) when comparing the province with full LSR policy with those implementing the LSR policy in some of their selected cities. The LSR policy of total province seems effective to suppress COVID-19 development as indicated by a more rapid and considerable increase in the doubling time of new cases following the implementation of LSR as early as possible in the provinces implementing LSR for their entire region than in the compared provinces. It can be concluded that LSR policy has a significant effect on COVID-19 development in Indonesia as indicated by a significant difference in the doubling time of COVID-19 new cases. Each province may have different times of the beginning and end of the COVID-19 epidemic; therefore, each province needs to design their coping strategy based on their particular condition.