Community Activities Restrictions Enforcement


The Community Activities Restrictions Enforcement or CARE was a cordon sanitaire policy of the Indonesian government since early 2021 to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the implementation of CARE, the government had implemented large-scale social restrictions which took place in a number of regions in Indonesia.
On 30 December 2022, President Joko Widodo announced that the CARE policy had ended for all regions in Indonesia.

Background

The Indonesian government first implemented CARE from 11 to 25 January 2021. The two weeks implementation of CARE was carried out based on the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 1 of 2021 and was implemented in the island of Java and Bali. Previously, in 2020, a number of provinces had implemented large-scale social restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. According to Airlangga Hartanto as Chair of the , the initial initiative to apply for LSSR was with the regional government, while CARE was with the central government. The Deputy Chairperson of KPC-PEN Luhut Panjaitan said that LSSR was carried out non-uniformly, while CARE could be applied uniformly.

CARE Levels

On 21 July 2021, Tito Karnavian as Minister of Home Affairs announced a new term regarding the CARE mechanism with a scale from the first to the fourth level. The government can determine that an area can apply CARE based on the rate of transmission and the number of active cases of COVID-19 in an area. All cases were counted per 100,000 population per week.
LevelConfirmed caseInpatientPatient diedLevel of risk
ILess than 20 peopleLess than 5 peopleLess than 1 personLow
II20–50 people5–10 peopleLess than 2 peopleIntermediate
III50–100 people10–30 people2–5 peopleHigh
IVMore than 150 peopleMore than 30 peopleMore than 5 peopleVery high

Enforcement

Summary

The following table contains a summary of the implementation of CARE, micro-CARE and emergency CARE which consists of several stages.
PolicyStageStartUp toLegal basisProvincesRef
CAREI11 January 202125 January 2021Minister of Home Affairs Instruction Number 1 of 20217 provinces
CAREII26 January 20218 February 2021Minister of Home Affairs Instruction Number 2 of 20217 provinces
CARE
micro-scale		I9 February 202122 February 2021Minister of Home Affairs Instruction Number 3 of 20217 provinces
CARE
micro-scale		II23 February 20218 March 2021Minister of Home Affairs Instruction Number 4 of 20217 provinces
CARE
micro-scale		III9 March 202122 March 2021Minister of Home Affairs Instruction Number 5 of 202110 provinces
CARE
micro-scale		IV23 March 20215 April 2021Minister of Home Affairs Instruction Number 6 of 202115 provinces
CARE
micro-scale		V6 April 202119 April 2021Minister of Home Affairs Instruction Number 7 of 202120 provinces
CARE
micro-scale		VI20 April 20213 May 2021Minister of Home Affairs Instruction Number 9 of 202125 provinces
CARE
micro-scale		VII4 May 202117 May 2021Minister of Home Affairs Instruction Number 10 of 202130 provinces
CARE
micro-scale		VIII18 May 202131 May 2021Minister of Home Affairs Instruction Number 11 of 202130 provinces
CARE
micro-scale		IX1 June 202114 June 2021Minister of Home Affairs Instruction Number 12 of 202134 provinces
CARE
micro-scale		X15 June 202128 June 2021Minister of Home Affairs Instruction Number 13 of 202134 provinces
CARE
micro-scale		XI22 June 20215 July 2021Minister of Home Affairs Instruction Number 14 of 202134 provinces
CARE
micro-scale		XII6 July 202120 July 2021Minister of Home Affairs Instruction Number 17 and Number 20 of 202134 provinces
CARE
micro-scale		XIII21 July 202125 July 2021Minister of Home Affairs Instruction Number 23 of 202134 provinces
Emergency CAREI3 July 202120 July 2021Minister of Home Affairs Instruction Number 15, Number 16, Number 18, and Number 19 of 2021Java and Bali
Emergency CAREII12 July 202120 July 202115 regions outside Java–Bali
CARE level 1–4I21 July 202125 July 2021Minister of Home Affairs Instruction Number 22 and Number 23 of 2021A number of provinces
CARE level 1–4II26 July 20212 August 2021A number of provinces
CARE level 1–4III3 August 20219 August 2021A number of provinces
CARE level 1–4IV10 August 202116 August 2021 A number of provinces
CARE level 1–4V17 August 202123 August 2021A number of provinces
CARE level 1–4VI24 August 202130 August 2021 A number of provinces
CARE level 1–4VII31 August 20216 September 2021A number of provinces
CARE level 1–4VIII7 September 202113 September 2021 A number of provinces
CARE level 1–4IX14 September 202120 September 2021A number of provinces
CARE level 1–4X21 September 20214 October 2021A number of provinces
CARE level 1–4XI5 October 202118 October 2021A number of provinces
CARE level 1–4XII19 October 20211 November 2021 A number of provinces
CARE level 1–4XIII2 November 202115 November 2021Java and Bali
CARE level 1–4XIV9 November 202122 November 2021A number of provinces outside Java and Bali
CARE level 1–4XV16 November 202129 November 2021Java and Bali
CARE level 1–4XVI23 November 20216 December 2021A number of provinces outside Java and Bali
CARE level 1–4XVII30 November 202113 December 2021Java and Bali
CARE level 1–4XVIII7 December 202123 December 2021A number of provinces outside Java and Bali
CARE level 1–4XIX14 December 20213 January 2022Java and Bali
CARE level 1–4XX24 December 20213 January 2022A number of provinces outside Java and Bali
CARE level 1–4XXI4 January 202217 January 2022A number of provinces
CARE level 1–4XXII18 January 202224 January 2022A number of provinces
CARE level 1–4XXIII25 January 202231 January 2022A number of provinces
CARE level 1–4XXIV1 February 20227 February 2022 A number of provinces
CARE level 1–4XXV8 February 202214 February 2022Java and Bali
CARE level 1–4XXVI15 February 202221 February 2022 A number of provinces
CARE level 1–4XXVII22 February 202228 February 2022Java and Bali
CARE level 1–4XXVIII1 March 20227 March 2022 A number of provinces

First-stage CARE

The first stage of CARE will be implemented in seven provinces in Java and Bali, namely Jakarta Special Capital Region, West Java, Banten, Central Java, Special Region of Yogyakarta, East Java, and Bali, starting from 11 January to 25 January 2021. A number of districts/cities in each province are prioritized to implement PPKM. There are four elements used as parameters for provinces, districts, or cities in the implementation of CARE, namely having
  1. a death rate above the national average death rate,
  2. cure rate below the national average,
  3. active case rate above the national average active case rate, and
  4. hospital bed occupancy rate for intensive care unit and isolation room above 70%.
Restrictions on community activities are regulated in the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 1 of 2021, namely:
  • limiting the workplace/office by implementing remote work by 75% and working from office by 25% by implementing stricter health protocols;
  • carry out online teaching and learning activities;
  • essential sectors related to the basic needs of the community can still operate 100% with more stringent regulation of operating hours, capacity, and implementation of health protocols;
  • make settings for the application of restrictions:
  • * restaurant activities ;
  • allow construction activities to operate 100% with stricter implementation of health protocols;
  • allow places of worship to operate with a capacity limitation of 50% with the implementation of stricter health protocols;