People stand in line in front of the designated area to ensure social distancing in an elevator at a shopping mall in Medan on March 20, 2020, as a concern for the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus.

In applying social distance measure, it refers to the aim to prevent sick people from making contact with other people at close range, thereby reducing transmission of the virus from person to person within a distance of about one meter.

The outbreak of the corona virus in Indonesia led the government to advocate social distancing as a solution by appealing to the public to avoid virus infection.

one of them by campaigning social distance measure. This step after Indonesian President Joko Widodo stressed that he would not implement lockdown in that country.