This article highlights the importance of social safety nets including food security and health protection in times of pandemic. This article will examine the implications of movement restrictions as measures to curb the spread of the virus on urban and rural poor in Indonesia. The majority of this work has lack of social protection, rights at work and decent working conditions. Most poor people living in urban and rural areas, work in informal sectors. The majority of sectors affected by movement restrictions include: hotels, tourism, informal sectors, manufacturing and retails, and other services. The impact of these movement restrictions has caused the increase of unemployment and poverty in the region. The government response is to implement restrictions of community activities (PPKM) to slow down the spread of deadly virus. Indonesia is in the middle of a second wave of infection as delta strain is spreading quickly especially in a mega city such as Jakarta. COVID-19 and the implications and response on urban and rural poor in Indonesia Dr Laely is one of the 2021 INGSA Covid Policy Global Rapporteurs. Laely Nurhidayah received the INGSA Research associate Grantee in 2018. Her research interest is in the areas of international environmental law, marine and coastal governance, forest governance in Indonesia and climate change adaptation.

She was awarded her PhD in Law from the Macquarie University, Australia in 2015. Laely Nurhidayah is a researcher at the Research Center for Society and Culture Indonesian Institute of Sciences (P2KK-LIPI) Jakarta Indonesia.

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