Convalescent plasma has proven effective in small studies to treat infectious diseases including Ebola and SARS.

Riza’s appointment comes after Jakarta, Indonesia's economic center, imposed large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) to curb the spread of the contagious virus that has crippled the economy and brought the city to a halt.

Mira, a 42-year-old trans woman, was beaten and burned alive by six men in a container truck parking lot in the Cilincing on April 4 after they accused her of stealing a phone and wallet from a truck driver who had parked his vehicle near Mira’s rented room.

With many people currently staying at home most of the time to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Jakarta has reported a slight improvement in air quality. Experts have urged the authorities to use the opportunity to redesign human activities and city development to achieve a lasting effect.

The regional administrations in the Greater Jakarta area have decided to prohibit app-based ride-hailing ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers from transporting passengers during a partial lockdown despite a new ministerial regulation saying otherwise.

Government changes course, now allows app-based ‘ojek’ drivers to take passengers.

Special protocols and shorter working hours are in place to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection among workers cleaning Jakarta and maintaining public facilities in the capital.

Parts of Greater Jakarta have said they are ready to impose large-scale social restrictions (PSBB), as regional heads have been drafting decrees on such a policy.

Usman, who regularly transports goods and passengers around Cilandak, South Jakarta, said his income had dropped by 50 percent.

The Jakarta Police have scaled up security patrols on the roads and in supermarkets to ensure that the public follow large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) that were imposed by the Jakarta administration on Friday to slow the spread of COVID-19.

An uneasy calm has blanketed much of Jakarta as the city made it through the first day of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) despite concerns over possible social unrest.

Customers will still be able to hail a car, send packages and get food delivered.

On the first day of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in Jakarta on Friday, roads around the city have been almost empty. However, some road users still seemed unaware of the new regulation.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has urged all residents to stay at home for the next 14 days as the capital city imposed large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) on Friday to cut the chain of COVID-19 spread.

The North Jakarta Police have said that a group of six men who fatally burned a transgender woman did not intend to cause death.

Healthcare platform Halodoc and ride-hailing app Gojek in cooperation with Mitra Keluarga Hospital and Kemayoran Complex Management Center (PPKK) plan to offer free rapid COVID-19 testing to some Jakartans from April 10 to 17.

The Jakarta Police have said they have no plans to close any roads in the capital during the two weeks of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) that will begin on Friday.

Jakarta Environment Agency head Andono Warih has said that the amount of trash sent to the Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java, has decreased from 1,500 tons per day to around 620 tons per day. 

The first phase of aid distribution began on Thursday and will last until April 18. It will target 1.2 million underprivileged and vulnerable families affected by COVID-19.

Health Ministry Regulation No. 9/2020 on the guidelines for large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) stipulates various restrictions, including the ban on ojek services for passengers. However, ojek drivers are still permitted to transport goods.

What you need to know about Jakarta's public transportation services during the large-scale social restrictions that will be in place for two weeks starting Friday.

Clad in a plastic sheet held together with tape, a ski mask, a gas mask and latex gloves, Maulanasyah, 40, welcomes customers at his salon in the city of Bogor, south of Jakarta, even as the virus spreads across the country.

Bogor Deputy Mayor Dedie A. Rachim praised Jakarta’s PSBB policies and said that Bogor, West Java, would seek to implement its own measures soon.

Economic activities in Jakarta account for about 70 percent of the nation’s total.

The Greater Jakarta city is converting a variety of facilities to accommodate medical workers, who have experienced social discrimination in regions across the country for being on the front lines of Indonesia's fight against COVID-19.

"The beneficiaries will receive Rp 600,000 [US$37.11] per person [that is supposed to be sufficient] for three months," said Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati on Tuesday.

Full-blown social-distancing measures effective on Friday.

Associations of app-based ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers have demanded compensation from the government for their projected losses from the implementation of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in Jakarta aimed to breaking the chain of COVID-19 infection in the capital city.

"This is the highest number of domestic violence cases we’ve ever recorded [in a period of two weeks]," LBH Apik told The Jakarta Post.

The COVID-19 burial protocols require every body to be wrapped in plastic, put inside a coffin that is also wrapped in another layer of plastic and interred less than four hours after death.