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Jakarta again extends 'PSBB transition' as positivity rate hovers just below 10% benchmark
The nation's capital has, for the fifth time, extended its "transitional" COVID-19 restrictions toward reopening the economy, despite the governor's earlier threat on "tighter" restrictions as the city edges ever closer to the benchmark 10 percent positivity rate.
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Commuters wear face masks as they maintain safe physical distance while for their train on Aug. 18, 2020 at Tanah Abang railway station in Central Jakarta. (AFP/ADEK BERRY )
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akarta Governor Anies Baswedan on Thursday announced that he would again implement another 14-day extension of the transition period for gradual easing of the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB), effective starting Friday.
The extension is the fifth since the capital began its so-called transitional PSBB phase on June 4 to revive the sluggish economy.
And this time, Anies is looking to reopen movie theaters, despite the continuing surge in COVID-19 cases.
The city recorded 820 new cases on Thursday when Anies announced the extension, its highest daily tally. On Friday, it recorded 816 new cases to bring Jakarta’s cumulative tally to 37,278 confirmed cases, including 6,955 active cases of which 2,827 patients are currently hospitalized.
The nation's capital has recorded a total of 1,154 COVID-19 deaths.
City health authorities, however, stressed that the figure did not necessarily reflect the number of people who contracted the disease on a particular date, due to probable delays in reporting test results.
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