There Is A Discourse Regarding Lockdown, The Government Is Asked To Obey The Quarantine Law UU

JAKARTA - The government was asked to implement a lockdown policy following the spike in positive cases of COVID-19 nationally. Even the daily cases in the capital city have set a new record with an additional 4.737 cases on Friday, June 18.

Kurniasih Mufidayati, a member of Commission IX of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia (DPR RI), from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) Party faction, reminded about the quarantine provisions that already exist in Law (UU) Number 6 of 2018 concerning Health Quarantine.

According to her, the government's obligation to protect the health of its citizens has been regulated in detail in the law. "It's only up to the government to implement the content of the law", Mufida told reporters on Saturday, June 19.

As for Article 4 of Law Number 6 of 2018 concerning Health Quarantine, namely:

The Central Government and Local Governments are responsible for protecting public health from diseases and/or Public Health Risk Factors that have the potential to cause Public Health Emergencies through the implementation of Health Quarantine.

It is known that positive cases of COVID-19 nationwide increased by 12.990 on Friday, June 18. Thus, the total number of positive COVID-19 cases in Indonesia has increased to 1.963.266 since it was first announced in early March 2020 by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

According to data from the Ministry of Health, of the total positive cases, 1.779.127 of them have recovered. The number of recovered patients increased by 7.907 from the previous day.

Meanwhile, 54.043 of them died. Patients who died after being infected with the coronavirus increased by 290 from yesterday.