Analisis Kesiapan Pelaksana dalam Menerapkan Program Pengendalian COVID-19 di Desa Meteseh

COVID-19 has become a global pandemic in 2020. As of May 25, 2020 there were 22,750 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Indonesia. Prevention and control of COVID-19 needs to be carried out by the village government which is in direct contact with the community. Supported by the issuance of Permendes No. 6 of 2020 concerning the Implementation Regulations for the COVID-19 Response Village Program. Meteseh Village is one of the villages in Kendal Regency that has a risk of spreading COVID-19. This research is a qualitative descriptive study using in-depth interviews using purposive technique with informants selected based on criteria and literature study. The results show that the implementation of the COVID-19 Response Village Program in Meteseh Village has not been running optimally due to unclear implementation standards in related policies, limited human resource capacity in program planning and resource management, especially in the aspect of controlling COVID-19 and the community attitudes that do not apply health protocols influenced by social, economic, political conditions. Therefore, Meteseh Village is advised to increase the role of village midwives to provide education about the handling of COVID-19 to program implementers, increase the participation of health workers, religious leaders and community leaders in Meteseh Village to assist in handling COVID-19, continue to provide informations of COVID-19 and conduct evaluation activities of program implementation including make a complete written report about program implementation.