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With the number of cases continuing to increase exponentially on a daily basis, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) has now been determined a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) and has affected at least 213 countries across the world. On 2 March 2020, the Indonesian President, Joko Widodo announced the country’s first confirmed case. Since then the spread of COVID-19 has affected Indonesia in many aspects including in the economic, health, employment and industrial sectors. As an effort to manage and control the spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia, the government has issued various new policies and regulations, which among others, include the following:

The Central Government

1. Government Regulation No. 21 of 2020 on Large Scale Social Restrictions to Accelerate the Management of COVID-19
2. Government Regulation in Lieu of Law No. 1 of 2020 on the State Financial Policy and Stability of Financial Systems for the Handling of the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic 2019 (COVID-19) and/or in Order to Face Threats that Endanger the National Economy and/or Stability of Financial Systems
3. Presidential Decree No. 11 of 2020 on the Declaration of a Public Health Emergency due to COVID-19
4. Presidential Instruction No. 4 of 2020 on Refocusing Activities, Budget Reallocation, and the Procurement of Goods and Services in the framework of Accelerating the Handling of the Coronavirus Disease 2019
5. Presidential Decree No. 12 of 2020 on the Declaration of a Non-natural Disaster from the Spread of the Coronavirus Disease as a National Disaster
   
   

Ministry of Health

1. Minister of Health (“MOH”) Decree No. HK.01.07/Menkes/239/2020 on the Determination of Large-Scale Social Restrictions in the Area of the Province of DKI Jakarta in the context of Accelerating the Handling of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
2. MOH Circular Letter No.02.01/Menkes/202/2020 on the Protocols for Self-Isolation in the Handling of the COVID-19 Disease
3. MOH Decree No. HK.01.07/Menkes/169/2020 on the Determination of Referral Hospitals for Handling Certain Emerging Infectious Diseases
4. MOH Decree No. HK.01.07/Menkes/248/2020 on the Imposition of Large-Scale Social Restrictionsin the BogorRegion, Bogor Municipality, DepokMunicipality, BekasiRegion and Bekasi Municipalityin Order to Accelerate the Management of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
5. MOH Decree No. HK.01.07/Menkes/249/2020 on the Imposition of Large-Scale Social Restrictions in the Tangerang Region, Tangerang Municipality and South Tangerang Municipality in Banten Province in Order to Accelerate the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
   
   

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