Ethnopharmacy is the study on herbs or plants that certain ethnic groups practice for treating particular illness. Scientific reporting of beneficial therapeutic plants through this study could promote further development of herbal medicines. We conducted an ethnopharmacy study at several villages of Osing tribe located in Banyuwangi, Indonesia, to identify plants that have the potential to be tested for certain bioactivity, in this case, for COVID-19 therapy. The snowball and purposive sampling methods using qualitative and quantitative research with semi-structured interviews and questionnaires were applied for this study. The parameters used were the Use Value (UV), Informant Consensus Factor (ICF), and Fidelity Level (FL). The plants used in this study were obtained and determined at Balai Konservasi Tumbuhan Kebun Raya Purwodadi, the Indonesian Institute of Science. The results were then followed by the literature study on the plants’ potential for COVID-19 therapy. Plant exploration was obtained by considering the results of UV calculation. Based on UV calculations in ethnopharmacy studies, there are several plants that are considered essential and have more efficacies. They are temulawak, turmeric, suruh, gigen-gigen, mating, anggrek merpati and pace. Three of the eight plants potentially possess immunomodulatory activity that can be used to prevent the infections of SARS-CoV-2. They are the temulawak (Curcuma xanthorrhiza), turmeric (Curcuma domestica) and gigen-gigen (Centella asiatica).

Technological innovation is a solution to problems that occur in response to current developments. All aspects of life are inseparable from technology and of course make the job easier. Likewise, with fields managed by the government, based on Law Number 25 of 2009 concerning Public Services, an innovation must be carried out. Based on the Republic of Indonesia Government Regulation Number 38 of 2017, Bandung City created an innovation regarding public services in the security sector by creating a Panic Button which is managed by Bandung Command Center. There are many precarious situations that occur around us, such as fire, domestic violence, theft, extortion, and the others. This can be prevented by making effectiveness of the Panic Button which functions as an emergency liaison device created in the Bandung City to solve security problems. Moreover, during the pandemic COVID-19, various things must be adapted to suit the needs of people. Therefore, a qualitative approach is implemented in this paper through a survey conducted to 100 citizen measure the effectiveness of Bandung Panic Button during the time of pandemic COVID19.