Medical workers treating COVID-19 patients in Jakarta have yet to receive the financial incentives promised by the government since March, after the country recorded its first confirmed cases.

From being alone in an isolation ward to bidding farewell to her late father only through a photo, a Jakarta-based journalist shares her experience with COVID-19 after she and 20 members of her family tested positive for the disease.

The city recorded 565 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 31,162. It has now reclaimed the status as the country’s epicenter of virus transmission, passing East Java, which had recorded 28,551 cases as of Tuesday

The Jakarta administration has postponed a plan to put a face mask on the landmark statue of Gen. Sudirman on Jl. Jendral Sudirman in Central Jakarta.

A total of 867 trees growing along Jl. MH Thamrin, the National Monument (Monas) complex and Jl. Museum will be relocated or replaced, PT MRT Jakarta construction director Silvia Halim said recently.

Raden Saleh has earned a reputation as an area where illegal abortion services are available in Jakarta, where clinics can operate for years, with unclear permits and medical personnel without an obstetrics background.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan instructs his subordinates to prepare for a possible baby boom in the capital in the next few months as a result of the stay-at-home policy and social restrictions following the COVID-19 pandemic.

The incident caused no disturbances to the flow of traffic in Marunda.

“About the emergency brake and so forth, we will monitor [the situation] for a few days ahead,” Anies said on Monday as quoted by tempo.co.

To celebrate Independence Day, which is usually filled with physical games and direct interactions, Jakarta's residents, limited by the pandemic, turned to more subdued activities, or else celebrated online.

The Jakarta administration has announced a plan to start rebuilding Kampung Akuarium — an informal urban settlement in Penjaringan, North Jakarta — in September.

All Transjakarta staff members stationed at bus stops will be wearing the national flag bearer uniform.

The Jakarta Police have apprehended seven alleged provocateurs at a rally protesting the controversial omnibus bill on job creation in front of the House of Representatives complex in Central Jakarta on Friday.

Electric scooter rental service GrabWheels has made a comeback to the streets of Jakarta. For now, the scooters can be found in seven locations of the capital.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has announced that it will close its office in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, for a week after rapid test results indicated that dozens of its staff may have contracted COVID-19.

MRT Jakarta has established a team of experts to address the issue of potentially excavating historical remains during its phase 2 development.

As of Wednesday, Depok had recorded 1,488 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the highest in West Java.

Car Free Day and public celebrations for Independence Day, especially competitions that could attract crowds, will be restricted.

Residents in Greater Jakarta will not be able to commemorate Indonesia’s 75th Independence Day with big and festive celebrations as in previous years, because authorities have opted for limited gatherings amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thirty medical and non-medical staff working for community health centers (Puskesmas) in Bogor city, West Java, have tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the local administration to temporarily shut down six Puskesmas in the city.

D said every day she had to face a lot of challenges, from bearing the discomfort of wearing a hazmat suit to being harassed by frustrated patients.

The Law and Human Rights Ministry has closed one of its buildings at the ministerial compound in Setiabudi, South Jakarta, after several employees tested positive for COVID-19.

Several nongovernment organizations have launched initiatives to encourage people to protect themselves and their communities from COVID-19 in Jakarta, the country's first epicenter of the pandemic and which is still confronting an increasing number of new cases.

In a post that has since gone viral, Amy Fitria wrote about how she was attacked by a man in her home on Aug. 13 last year. She also posted pictures of CCTV footage allegedly showing the perpetrator.

Jakarta reported 658 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the highest one-day spike since the first infections were recorded in March, bringing the total number of cases in the capital to 24,521.

Jakarta has seen an increase in the number of public transportation passengers since authorities imposed a trial run for the odd-even license plate policy on Aug. 3, the Jakarta Police have said.

In light of the upcoming 75th Independence Day celebration, the Greater Jakarta administration has restricted any events that attract crowds amid the surge of COVID-19 cases in the capital.

Authorities have added a two-day "grace period" to the trial run for the odd-even policy, after noticing that many road users were unaware of its impending reinstatement.

Shopping center AEON Mall BSD City in Tangerang, Banten, will be closed for the next seven days, until Aug. 12, after two of its employees tested positive for COVID-19.

Severe traffic congestion has prompted the government to improve urban mobility in Greater Jakarta by encouraging more people to switch from private vehicles to mass transit. But the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak is undeniably hindering this agenda, with demand for public transit slumping in recent months as a result of social distancing and fears of contagion.