Jakarta faces a gap between the government's newest activity restrictions and reality on the ground, with many neighborhood authorities are already trying their best under less-than-ideal circumstances and lacking information and resources since the beginning of the pandemic.

Seven months into the ban in Indonesia's capital, reports have shown a declining use of plastic bags in minimarkets.

Floods, heavy rain and power outages led people to evacuate their homes in parts of Indonesia's capital on Monday, with the conditions -- worsened by the La Nina weather pattern -- expected to continue until March or April.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said in a statement on Friday that the administration never had plans to impose such tight restrictions.

The plan was inspired by a similar policy in Turkey.

The city is preparing to open 101,100 square meters of land to bury more COVID-19 victims amid increasing deaths.

The COVID-19 pandemic has helped put Jakarta outside the top ten list of the most congested cities around the globe.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has asked the central government to take over the COVID-19 response in Greater Jakarta -- which comprises Jakarta and its neighboring cities -- as the capital is running out of hospital beds as a result of the overwhelming number of patients from the nearby cities over which Jakarta has no jurisdiction.

Many parents across Jakarta feel unprepared for coteaching their children at home and often struggle to help children stay focused when attending virtual classes during the COVID-19 pandemic, a study has revealed.

Jakarta's COVID-19 vaccination program comes not a moment too soon amid a two-week surge in daily cases, with coverage targeting 75.2 percent of the city's population in hopes of achieving herd immunity.

“Based on our observations, public discipline is waning," Satpol PP head Arifin said on Tuesday.

Jakarta malls will only open until 7 p.m., while public transportation serves passengers until 10 p.m. at the latest.

This will be the second time Jakarta is reimposing full PSBB measures, a policy which Governor Anies Baswedan said was pivotal in slowing down infections.

Doubts linger over whether another transitional period will suffice, given the mixed signals of the city’s COVID-19 metrics.

The Jakarta administration has put in place measures to prevent New Year's Eve celebrations in the capital city in a bid to curb COVID-19 transmission during the year-end holiday.

The Jakarta administration has allowed bodies of COVID-19 patients to be buried outside of dedicated graveyards.

As of now, there are 98 COVID-19 referral hospitals in Jakarta, 90 of which were appointed by the governor through a gubernatorial decree, eight of which were selected by the Health Ministry.

Jakarta-owned tap water company PAM Jaya is working to expand the city's tap water coverage from 65 percent to 100 percent and help Indonesia's capital to become water self-sufficient by 2030.

Amid an increasing number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the capital, a doctors association is calling on Jakartans to stay at home during the Christmas and New Year holidays to prevent a further spike in cases.

Jakarta's commuters were over the moon when the capital's first subway opened in March 2019. A year later, they hardly enjoyed the transport system as the pandemic forced people to stay home.

The Jakarta Police have launched Operation Lilin Jaya aimed at maintaining public order and cracking down on any health protocol violations during the year-end holiday period.

The Jakarta administration has extended the transitional period of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for another two weeks until Jan. 3 as it hopes to prevent a spike in COVID-19 cases during the year-end holidays.

Jakarta Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Yusri Yunus said they received a report regarding a group of people offering fake rapid test results on Saturday night.

The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) – a global NGO that promotes sustainable transportation and urban development – recorded a tenfold increase in the number of cyclists along Jl. Sudirman in Central Jakarta from one morning last year to one morning this year.

Hundreds of protestors from the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and a group calling themselves the National Anti-Communist Alliance (Anak) staged a protest on Friday in Central Jakarta demanding a transparent investigation into the death of six FPI members and the release of the FPI leader Rizieq Shihab.

Ojek drivers expected to become pioneers in the fight against COVID-19 in their communities.

"Jakarta has seen a surge in confirmed COVID-19 cases, especially in family clusters following long holidays in October and November. We need to take extra measures [...] as we would face the real holiday season at the end of this year," Anies said in a statement on Thursday.

The new policy will be effective starting on Friday and end on Jan. 8, 2021.

The cleric arrived at the Jakarta Police headquarters on Saturday morning accompanied by several FPI members, including secretary-general Munarman and the group’s attorney, Azis Yanuar.

Fadil stressed the importance of avoiding crowds to prevent contracting the disease as any crowd-gathering events during the pandemic can cost lives and material losses.