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Govt sticks with PPKM system while loosening curbs
Although stating it was still too early to drop the four-tiered public activity restriction (PPKM) system, the government has continued to ease pandemic curbs with more cities and regencies now under the lowest level of PPKM.
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People sit and relax in a park in Jakarta in October 2021. (Antara/Aprillio Akbar)
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hile maintaining the four-tiered public activity restriction (PPKM) system, the government has continued to ease pandemic curbs with more cities and regencies now under the lowest level of PPKM.
In a Home Ministry Instruction published on Monday, the government has dropped COVID-19 restrictions for the Greater Jakarta area, from the previous level 2 PPKM curbs for the past two weeks, down to level 1 PPKM curbs for at least until June 6.
Jakarta is joined by 33 other cities and regencies across Java and Bali in dropping to the most lenient set of curbs, as the country’s COVID-19 indicators have yet to see a major spike in cases, despite the high public mobility, following the Idul Fitri holidays earlier this month.
Under the PPKM level 1 arrangement, office buildings across all sectors are now allowed to operate at full capacity, an increase from the previous 75 percent cap for offices in nonessential sectors.
Hotels, shopping centers, restaurants, cinemas, supermarkets and traditional markets can also now open at full capacity. The same also applies to houses of worship, public parks and public facilities as well as wedding receptions.
The easing of restrictions has come amid the country’s encouraging pandemic indicators. Indonesia reported just 345 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, compared with the country’s Omicron peak of 64,000 cases on Feb. 16. Tuesday’s daily caseload has also continued the country’s trend of reporting less than 500 cases for nearly the past six weeks.
Active cases, meanwhile, have slumped to a two-year low, at just under 3,000 cases on Tuesday. The last time the country reported similar numbers was on April 10, 2020.
