JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday (Mar 31) declared the country to be in a state of “public health emergency”, while signing a ...
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday declared the country to be in a state of “public health emergency”, while signing a government regulation that would pave the way for cities and provinces to impose “large-scale social restrictions” to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The law provides a number of options the government can take, the most extreme being “regional quarantine”. Under this quarantine, no one can go in and out of certain areas while people have to stay indoors at all times.However, it is believed that Mr Widodo may favour the less drastic social restrictions approach, as he feels it is the most suitable solution for now.
The law does not prescribe a limit to what a city or a province can do to stop the spread of the deadly disease. The new regulation provides a legal basis for cities and provinces to force businesses and offices to close and stop telling their workers to come to work.
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