Dalam artikel ini penulis mencoba memahami pandemi Covid-19 dalam pendekatan Kapabilitas yang diajukan Amartya K.Sen. Kapabilitas dipahami sebagai kemampuan aktual untuk meraih satu capaian bernilai yang sudah dipertimbangkan alasannya secara rasional.Dalam konsep ini ada tiga hal yang digarisbawahi.Pertama soal kemampuan untuk meraih (the ability to achieve).Kedua tentang keragaman hal yang dianggap bernilai(value). Ketiga tentang sikap kiritis dan rasional (reason)Terhadap nilai yang hendak tercapai.Penulisan kemudian menyusun tiga kriteria penting pendekatan kapabilitas dalam kasus pandemi.pertama,mengindentifikasi mereka yang mengalami deprivasi kapabilitas,kedua adanya deliberasi atau penalaran publik, dan ketiga ukuran hasil, sejauh mana pilihan kebijakan yang diambil dapat memperluas kapabilitas masyarakat.Dengan kriteria ini penulis mencoba memahami pandemi covid-19 di Indonesia.

Abstrak: In this article, the writer tries to analyze the Covid-19 pandemic in the capability approach as proposed by amartya K.Sen Capability is understood as the actual ability to achieve a valuable achievement that has been srutinized rationally.in this concept there are three things that are underlined.The first is about the ability to achieve. Second , about the diveruty of things that are considered valuable. Third, about critical and reasoned scrutiny towards the values to be achieved. The writer, then,compiles three important criteria for the capability approach in thecase of a pandemic.Firsty to identify those who experience deprivation of capability,secobdly, the existence of public reasoning or deliberation,and thirdly,the outcome measures,the extent to which the policy choices taken canexpand the capabilities of the community.With these criteria I analyze the covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia.