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Greater Jakarta tightens COVID curbs
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People line up at a bus station in Jakarta on June 22, 2022. (AFP/Adek Berry)
T
he government has put Greater Jakarta under tighter pandemic restrictions after the area became the center for the recent spike in COVID-19 infections, while keeping most of the rest of the country at the lowest level of curbs.
In a new Home Minister instruction, signed by Minister Tito Karnavian on Monday, Jakarta, along with its satellite cities of Tangerang and South Tangerang in Banten, as well as Bogor, Bekasi and Depok in West Java, has had its public activity restrictions (PPKM) level raised to level 2 for the next four weeks.
Meanwhile, all other cities and regencies across the country, aside from Sorong regency in West Papua, are maintained at level 1 restrictions – the most lenient set of curbs in the four-tiered system.
Despite the decline in the past few days, Indonesia recorded around 13,400 confirmed COVID-19 cases last week – a 9 percent increase from the week before that with 12,300 cases. Fatalities also rose by 6 percent last week to 32 cases from 30 deaths a week previously.
Jakarta alone contributed 7,390 cases, 55 percent, of the 13,400 cases over the same period.
Under the PPKM level 2 arrangements, essential and non-essential office buildings in Greater Jakarta are now allowed to operate at only 75 percent capacity, down from the previous full capacity arrangement.
Hotels, shopping centers, restaurants, cinemas, supermarkets and traditional markets have also dropped down to 75 percent maximum capacity. The same also applies to houses of worship, public parks and public facilities, as well as wedding receptions.
