Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has extended the city’s large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) until June 4 in an effort to completely stop transmission after studies found that the COVID-19 reproductive ratio in the capital had been dropping since restriction policies were put in place in mid-March.

Do you ever count the amount of waste you produce? Greater Jakarta, with more than 30 million people, sends more than 14,000 tons of waste to eight landfills every day.

The Jakarta Public Order Agency had identified 9,580 violators as of Monday. 

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan says this extension of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) will be a defining moment as to whether the capital city can resume its normal activities soon or not.

Authorities of the densely populated Pademangan subdistrict in North Jakarta have imposed several measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the area.

The firm donated 200 kilograms of chicken and 1,300 kg of fruits and vegetables to the zoo on Thursday.

After a number of conflicting statements from city and police officials, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has reiterated that a local mudik (Idul Fitri exodus) is not permitted, urging residents to stay at home and keep in touch with family members through digital communication instead.

Reports have emerged that numerous vendors have set up shop in Tanah Abang Market in Central Jakarta ahead of Idul Fitri despite the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) currently in effect.

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has chosen to allow development on reclaimed islets in Jakarta Bay in a new regulation, much to the chagrin of activists who view it as a green light for unfettered development.

A 72-year-old patient under surveillance (PDP) of COVID-19, identified as MR, was instantly killed after allegedly jumping from the fourth floor of the Hermina Hospital building in Jatinegara, East Jakarta, on Sunday morning.

Hundreds of migrant workers recently returning from other countries were forced to spend hours waiting for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests outside the Kemayoran Athletes Village COVID-19 emergency hospital due to technical problems.

Authorities have formulated three different schemes to allow students to return to school.

Jakarta administration officials have said Greater Jakarta residents will be allowed to visit their relatives living in the capital and its satellite cities for the upcoming Idul Fitri holidays.

An officer of the Jakarta Police is being investigated by the police’s internal affairs division after a video of him showing off his gun went viral on social media.

The Central Jakarta Police have arrested three men for allegedly raping the 15-year-old suspect in a child-murder case.

The Jakarta administration has fined the management of the McDonald's restaurant in the Sarinah shopping center in Central Jakarta Rp 10 million (US$670) for violating the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) by allowing a gathering of hundreds of people on the last day of its operation.

The Jakarta governor has issued a decree that authorizes three provincial agencies to impose sanctions against those who violate the capital's COVID-19 restrictions.

Jakarta is home to some 10 million people, many of whom live in adjoined, cramped houses or in informal settlements with shared toilets. These densely populated areas of the city are known as kampungs. As residents of these neighborhoods have almost no private space, they have a high risk of catching and spreading COVID-19, which has infected 5,195 and killed 453 in the city so far.

Sunday night's send-off would have been a fitting end to a city-center icon, if only the crowd had not violated the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) currently in place in Jakarta.

A man fell to the ground in front of Gandaria City shopping mall in South Jakarta on Monday as a result of starvation.

Budgeting and data problems are hampering the distribution of social aid in the capital city.

The COVID-19 outbreak has largely reduced the number of commuter line passengers, but crowds of workers who cannot afford to work from home reportedly persist in certain stations and trains during rush hours and ahead of iftar (breaking-of-the-fast).

Kebon Kacang subdistrict head Aiman said he was concerned that many residents in the densely populated area near the banks of the Krukut River in Kebon Kacang were still going outside and not obeying physical distancing measures amid the city’s implementation of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB).

The economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have hit Jakartans hard, with many struggling to pay their rent and facing threats from online loan sharks, several NGOs have reported.

As most businesses in Greater Jakarta are facing a major downturn during the COVID-19 crisis, small vegetable vendors and tukang sayur (mobile vegetable sellers), who typically operate in residential areas, have seen more customers buying their products.

Jakarta officials have scoured the city for potential isolation houses to anticipate a lack of facilities, as the number of cases still climbs in the capital despite weak government claims of a leveling off in the rate of COVID-19 infections.

Bekasi has continued to record more COVID-19 cases in the past few weeks, prompting the administration to further extend restrictions.

The Jakarta administration will revoke the business licenses of at least 200 companies that have flouted the implementation of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in the capital.

The Jakarta administration is preparing a regulation to limit the number of people entering the capital city, the country’s COVID-19 epicenter, after the Ramadan and Idul Fitri holiday season.

Andhini Miranda, an initiator of the Zero Waste Indonesia movement, said people could use cloth face masks instead of single-use masks, wash their hands frequently with soap instead of wearing gloves and use cloths instead of paper towels to wipe down surfaces with disinfectant