Indonesia And COVID-19: Government Issues Regulation On Limiting Social Interactions

As part of the national effort to battle the spread of the coronavirus in the country, the Government of Indonesia ("GOI") has issued Government Regulation No. 21 of 2020 on the Limitation of Large-Scale Social Interactions to Expedite Countermeasures Against COVID-19 (March 31, 2020) ("GR 21/2020"). GR 21/2020 is an implementing regulation for Law No. 6 of 2018 on Health Quarantine (the "HQ Law").

Under the HQ Law, health quarantine is defined as an effort to prevent or curb the spread of a disease and/or public health risk factor that has the potential to cause a public health emergency. The HQ Law defines a public health emergency as an extraordinary public health event as indicated by the spread across regions or countries of infectious disease and/or events caused by nuclear radiation, biological pollution, chemical contamination, bioterrorism or food contamination.