Jokowi orders large-scale social restrictions coupled with ‘civil emergency’ policies

National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) head Doni Monardo, who is also Indonesia's COVID-19 task force chief, later confirmed after the Cabinet meeting that the policies announced by Jokowi on Monday referred to three existing pieces of legislation.They are the 2007 Disaster Management Law and the 2018 Health Quarantine Law --...

COVID-19: National Police chief issues edict forbidding mass gatherings

In the edict, dated March 19, Idham urged the public to refrain from organizing mass gatherings in public places or private properties.Several examples of mass gatherings prohibited by the edict include social meetings, workshops, music festivals, carnivals, sports events, fairs, mass protests and family receptions. Read more ...