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Indonesia to place all provinces under stricter curbs for year-end holidays
Activities synonymous with New Year’s festivities, such as fireworks, parades and events that would attract large crowds, would be completely prohibited, a minister said.
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Extra cautious: Passengers wait to board an intercity train at Senen Station in Central Jakarta in 2020, as they head to their hometowns in the eastern part of Java for the New Year holiday. State-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia requires passengers and staff to adhere to strict health protocols to curb COVID-19. (JP/Leo)
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ith the threat of a COVID-19 third wave looming ahead of the year-end festivities, the government is gearing up to take another crack at preventing a holiday-fueled spike in cases by imposing the second-most stringent level of the four-tiered public activity restrictions (PPKM) in all provinces.
Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy, who announced the plan on Wednesday, said that applying level 3 restrictions nationwide would help to better regulate public mobility. The details will be published next week in the form of a Home Ministry instruction, which will be effective starting from Dec. 24 until Jan. 2, 2022.
“[Every region] will follow the same national [protocols]. [The government] has come to an agreement that the rules [of PPKM level 3] will be applied in and outside Java and Bali," Muhadjir said in a press release on Wednesday.
Under the planned regulation, activities synonymous with New Year’s festivities, such as fireworks, parades and events that would attract large crowds, will be completely prohibited, he said.
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Religious services, including Christmas services, according to Muhadjir, would also return under the level 3 restrictions, which allow houses of worship to operate at half capacity.
