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Emergency mobility restrictions now in full effect
Emergency public activity restrictions (PPKM Darurat), which include tighter travel checks and road closures, have been in place across Java and Bali since Saturday, and authorities say the first two days have gone well.
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Police officers divert traffic heading to Jakarta at a checkpoint on Jl. Lenteng Agung in South Jakarta on Saturday. The government has imposed emergency public activity restrictions (PPKM Darurat) in Java and Bali from July 3 to 20 to stem an unprecedented surge of COVID-19 cases. (Antara/Indrianto Eko Suwarso)
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o combat the country’s worst COVID-19 case surge yet, which peaked at more than 27,000 new cases on Saturday, the government has pinned its hopes on a new, modified round of COVID-19 restrictions.
Emergency public activity restrictions (PPKM Darurat), which include tighter travel checks and road closures, have been in place across Java and Bali since Saturday, and authorities say the first two days have gone well.
The restrictions will last until July 20 but may be extended, if required to bring daily new case figures below 10,000.
“From various reports compiled from the field as of Saturday afternoon, the implementation of PPKM Darurat has gone smoothly, in an orderly manner and in accordance [with regulations],” said Jodi Mahardi, a spokesman for the Office of the Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister, on Saturday.
The government, Jodi added, was cooperating with telecommunications companies to track people’s movements during PPKM Darurat.
“Unprecedented times call for the unprecedented measure of monitoring people’s mobility down to the district administration level,” he claimed.
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