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Government eases restrictions in Greater Jakarta
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Security officers check motorists' identity documents on Jl. Raya Bogor in East Jakarta on July 2, 2021. (Antara/Muhammad Adimaja)
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resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced on Monday that the government was easing COVID-19 curbs in Greater Jakarta, from level 4 -- the strictest in the four-tiered public activity restrictions (PPKM) -- to level 3, for the first time since the policy came into effect in July.
“After seeing improvements in several [pandemic] indicators, we decided to gradually ease public activity restrictions [...],” Jokowi said.
He said PPKM level 3 was in place starting on Tuesday until Aug. 30 in Greater Jakarta, as well as two other urban agglomerations in Java: Greater Bandung in West Java and Greater Surabaya in East Java.
Under the more relaxed restrictions, places of worship and restaurants are allowed to open at 25 percent capacity, while shopping malls are allowed to operate at 50 percent of their maximum capacity.
Export-oriented industries and their supporting sectors are allowed to operate with 100 percent office capacity but must be closed for five days if any COVID-19 case is found on their premises.
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Jokowi’s announcement came as a surprise as even though Jakarta has seen a major improvement in its COVID-19 situation, some neighboring cities continue to report high numbers of cases or deaths.
