Kebijakan Vaksinasi Covid-19 dalam Perspektif Konstitusi

Abstract

The existence of Covid-19 in Indonesia has now had its status changed from pandemic to endemic. However, its existence still poses a serious threat to the general health of Indonesian citizens. Since 2019, the government still pays close attention to the existence of Covid-19, by implementing various policies to ensure health protection for the citizens as a Constitutional mandate. In the light of that, this research discusses how the concept of protecting the right to health is understood in the Constitution and whether the vaccination policy is in line with the Constitution. This research uses normative methods. This research concludes that, first, the concept of protecting the right to health in the Constitutional takes the form of understanding with a social-solidarity dimension which is based on the protection of human rights as part of human dignity in achieving public benefits. Second, the vaccination policy implemented by the government is in line with Constitutional values considering it includes protection of the right to health.