President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo visited Istiqlal on Tuesday to check on the renovations. He said that according to the Mosque’s grand imam, Nasaruddin Umar, the large-scale renovations were 90 percent complete and would be finished in July, several months later than the initial schedule for March due to the pandemic.

Indonesia’s first MRT service, MRT Jakarta, has called on its passengers to avoid having conversations while riding on its trains in a bid to break the chain of COVID-19 transmission on public transportation.

The administration of South Tangerang has decided to dump its urban waste in Tangerang regency's landfill while its own landfill in Cipeucang, Serpong, is being restored after a perimeter wall recently collapsed, spilling 100 tons of waste into a river.

Authorities in East Jakarta are readying the city-owned Pulogadung Sports Hall as a quarantine center for people returning to Jakarta after the Idul Fitri holiday who do not have an exit and entry permit (SIKM).

The former head of state-owned Merpati Nusantara Airlines is the new president of city-owned bus operator Transjakarta.

PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia will not allow overloaded trains to depart from stations as it will continue to apply physical distancing measures during the so-called "new normal" period.

Citing National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) data, Airlangga said the spread of the disease had slowed in Central Java, Bali, Jakarta and Yogyakarta, where the basic reproduction number (R0) of COVID-19 had fallen below 1.

It wasn’t until the government started hinting at a post-COVID-19 “new normal” that the debate about commuting in Greater Jakarta began in earnest.

The third phase of restriction implementation in Jakarta could be extended. 

Bekasi Mayor Rahmat “Pepen” Effendi said that malls in Bekasi would be allowed to open on June 4 at the earliest, but were required to operate at 50 percent of their capacity.

Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi confirmed the report, saying they had been picked up by medical workers the following day to be isolated at a hospital in the city.

"I haven't seen my parents for almost three months," Lia, a doctor who works at a community health center (Puskesmas) in Duren Sawit district, said.

Yepi Suherman, the South Tangerang environmental agency secretary, confirmed that the walls had collapsed at around 4.30 a.m on Friday.

Bappenas claims the basic transmission rate, or R0, for COVID-19 in Jakarta has fallen below one. Epidemiologists believe the outbreak will eventually die out if the R0 remains smaller than one.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has extended the city’s large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) until June 4 in an effort to completely stop transmission after studies found that the COVID-19 reproductive ratio in the capital had been dropping since restriction policies were put in place in mid-March.

Do you ever count the amount of waste you produce? Greater Jakarta, with more than 30 million people, sends more than 14,000 tons of waste to eight landfills every day.

The Jakarta Public Order Agency had identified 9,580 violators as of Monday. 

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan says this extension of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) will be a defining moment as to whether the capital city can resume its normal activities soon or not.

Authorities of the densely populated Pademangan subdistrict in North Jakarta have imposed several measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the area.

The firm donated 200 kilograms of chicken and 1,300 kg of fruits and vegetables to the zoo on Thursday.

After a number of conflicting statements from city and police officials, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has reiterated that a local mudik (Idul Fitri exodus) is not permitted, urging residents to stay at home and keep in touch with family members through digital communication instead.

Reports have emerged that numerous vendors have set up shop in Tanah Abang Market in Central Jakarta ahead of Idul Fitri despite the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) currently in effect.

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has chosen to allow development on reclaimed islets in Jakarta Bay in a new regulation, much to the chagrin of activists who view it as a green light for unfettered development.

A 72-year-old patient under surveillance (PDP) of COVID-19, identified as MR, was instantly killed after allegedly jumping from the fourth floor of the Hermina Hospital building in Jatinegara, East Jakarta, on Sunday morning.

Hundreds of migrant workers recently returning from other countries were forced to spend hours waiting for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests outside the Kemayoran Athletes Village COVID-19 emergency hospital due to technical problems.

Authorities have formulated three different schemes to allow students to return to school.

Jakarta administration officials have said Greater Jakarta residents will be allowed to visit their relatives living in the capital and its satellite cities for the upcoming Idul Fitri holidays.

An officer of the Jakarta Police is being investigated by the police’s internal affairs division after a video of him showing off his gun went viral on social media.

The Central Jakarta Police have arrested three men for allegedly raping the 15-year-old suspect in a child-murder case.

The Jakarta administration has fined the management of the McDonald's restaurant in the Sarinah shopping center in Central Jakarta Rp 10 million (US$670) for violating the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) by allowing a gathering of hundreds of people on the last day of its operation.