“LIPI is responsible for maintaining public health and safety amid the disease outbreak, and therefore we have closed those botanical gardens,” said LIPI head Laksana Tri Handoko on Thursday.

Where’s the fun in that? Public Order Agency raids internet cafes to send home students who don't respect the city-imposed curfew as schools remain closed to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

Amid the never-ending debate about whether river "normalization" or "naturalization" projects are better, some experts have urged policymakers to shift from such a conventional approach focusing on hard infrastructure to flood adaptation.

The decision can be altered if Istiqlal Mosque's grand imam and the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issue new instructions.

City-owned bus operator Transjakarta will no longer accept cash for the purchase or top-up of e-money cards at all stations starting Thursday.

A number of scientists and activists have called for a lockdown in order to stem the spread of the virus, but President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said on Monday that the government was “not leaning toward issuing a lockdown policy”.

Jakarta Council speaker Prasetyo Edi Marsudi said attendees of the plenary session would be limited to city councillors, Jakarta agencies heads and mayors.

The accident occurred at around 12:30 a.m., killing five passengers of the bus and injuring four others. Among the casualties was a toddler.

Floodwaters filled parts of Jakarta following heavy rain on Monday. 

Passenger capacity for the MRT would be limited to 360 passengers from 1,200 per trip, while LRT capacity would be limited to 80 people from 270.

“One patient, [a resident] of Pondok Aren district in South Tangerang, has died,” Banten Governor Wahidin Halim said at his official residence in Serang.

Following announcements by Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan regarding the need for a city-wide lockdown of the capital to curb the spread of COVID-19, retailers fear the move would cripple Jakarta’s economy.

The failure of social-distancing measures among commuters has resulted in passenger chaos despite the President’s call to stay at home. Pictures disseminated on social media showed commuters — many wearing face masks — squeezing into packed buses and stations throughout the capital.

Loved by many, street vendors offering affordable and finger-licking-good fried chicken meals are becoming a popular destination for lunch and dinner.

PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) Operational Region (Daop) 1 Jakarta spokesperson Eva Chairunisa said that while PT KAI would not reduce services, it would still take measures to prevent coronavirus infection on its trains.

In an effort to facilitate seamless commutes in the city, Jakarta-owned transportation company PT MRT Jakarta, the operator of the country's first subway system, expected to become the backbone of public transportation in the capital, will establish two new subsidiaries and a joint venture to develop an integrated public transport system.

City-owned bus operator Transjakarta is operating only13 of its 248 routes, with 20-minute headway expected for each bus. As a result, long lines began to accumulate at stations, stretching onto the streets at sidewalks.

The usually bustling city of Jakarta may seem less busy in the next few days as several major companies are instructing staff to work from home and, in some cases, are devising entirely new workflows over concerns about the spread of COVID-19.

Popular tourist spots on the list include Ancol Dreamland in North Jakarta, Ragunan Zoo in South Jakarta, the National Monument (Monas) and Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) in Central Jakarta, and Kota Tua in West Jakarta.

Jakarta has postponed indefinitely a car race that had been planned for June because of the coronavirus, and people near the planned racetrack seem anything but disappointed.

For almost a year, residents of community unit (RW) 18 of Pancoran Mas district, Depok, have been annoyed by loud dangdut music blasting from a cemetery located on Jl. Swadaya, a street in neighborhood unit (RT) 5. The residents said the loud music always played from around 4 p.m. every Saturday until 1 a.m. on Sunday, and had even started at around 1 p.m. on several occasions.

Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan also suggests that non-formal educational institutions shift to long-distance learning to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the city.

Anies said his administration would follow the example of Singapore and Vietnam, which proactively limited public gatherings before the virus spread too widely.

The National Police’s criminal investigation department (Bareskrim) discovered more radioactive materials at the Batan Indah housing complex in South Tangerang, Banten, on Friday – one month after authorities made a similar discovery in the same residential area.

The facility is currently treating five COVID-19 patients and eleven others who are under observation for showing symptoms, tempo.co reported.

Two city-owned developers Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya and PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro) are in the spotlight in a “preliminary examination” launched by law enforcement authorities into alleged graft in the businesses.

The family of a COVID-19 patient in Jakarta has said the patient was initially rejected by a hospital and underwent a sluggish screening process before testing positive for the virus.  

The measures included removing the mosque's prayer rugs, which could contain and transmit the virus, as well as disinfecting the building's interior.

Ernan Rustiadi, a public planning expert from Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), said that the Rindu Alam restaurant was built on an area of major environmental significance; thus, it was controlled under Bogor’s land use and spatial regulation scheme.