COVID-19 Pandemic and Law No. 6 Year 2018 regarding Health Quarantine

Abstract

Abstract. By late March, to anticipate the spreading of COVID-19 pandemic, the President of the Republic of Indonesia has issued several regulations. The Author has examined that the main laws that were used as the based for the issuance of those regulations are Law No.6 Year 2018 regarding Health Quarantine (the Health Quarantine Law). Therefore in order to handle COVID-19 pandemic, an understanding of the Law become a must. The aim of this research is to elaborate and explain the Health Quarantine Law to reduce the COVID-19 pandemic. This research is normative legal research. The research used secondary data, which consisted of primary legal sources and secondary legal sources. Data were collected through the "google scholar machine". Data obtained were analyzed using a qualitative approach. Findings and analysis proved that besides those newly issued regulations there were several measures and acts that should be taken to handle the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. The Author suggests that the Central Government shall take the necessary steps as soon as possible.

Law Enforcement Issues during Covid-19: Experience from Malaysia and Indonesia

“…Incidents of people flocking the transportation hub to return to their villages for Eid and people, in droves, celebrating the return of a liberation leader increased the spread by close contact. The implementation of Government Regulation Social Distancing unsupported with other comprehensive regulations and holistic implementation did not bring an effective outcome (Widjaja, 2020). In terms of quarantine rules, Indonesia has various categories of quarantine put into operation depending on different levels of governance.…”

“…Such emergency declaration has led to the passing of laws in relation to finance and government spending that was regarded as dubious by civil societies. On top of this, other regulations issued the Minister of Health Regulation No.9 Year 2020 regarding Guidance for Large Scale Social Distancing in order to Accelerate the Handling of Covid-19) (MoH Guidance) (Widjaja, 2020) was also inconsistent in terms of its application and enforcement. The different levels and hierarchies in which the of law applied and enforced reflects some issues of concern.…”

“…In terms of quarantine rules, Indonesia has various categories of quarantine put into operation depending on different levels of governance. This has led to misregulations (Widjaja, 2020) and a lack of coordination between national and regional governments on the rules to be applied (Sulistiawati, 2020). Inconsistency in the exercise of discretion by state administrators and law enforcement officials has also caused dissatisfaction among public members.…”

The Impact and Benefits of the Independent Curriculum Learning Independent Campus during Online Learning in the COVID-19 Period

“…In dealing with the spread of Covid-19, DKI teachers enforced Regional Regulation No. 2 of 2020 concerning the Prevention of Corona Virus, where article 11 point 3 applies a work from home system which requires that the ways and methods in the process of implementing learning also change (Widjaja, 2020). Educators and students of all levels conduct distance/online learning, this has been supported by the regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia Number 3 of 2020 concerning National Higher Education Standards (Croucher et al, 2020).…”