“I’m terribly afraid of the pandemic, I am not a 'covidiot',” Beni said on Thursday, referring to people who stubbornly ignore health rules in relation to COVID-19.

Jakarta has seen a sharp increase in COVID-19 infection clusters emerging from office spaces in recent weeks, with hundreds of cases traced to workers who have received a vaccine.

The Religious Affairs Ministry allows places of worship to operate at 50 percent of their capacity during Ramadan, giving Muslims an opportunity to perform congregational tarawih (Ramadan evening prayers) at mosques.

Jakarta has seen a steady decrease in the number of daily cases and deaths in the past two months, the longest decline since the pandemic began.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan must now oversee the first corruption case to embroil his administration, after investigators named the chief executive of a city-owned property developer suspect in a graft case.

The commission ruled in favor of the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta), which had filed a public information request pertaining to flooding to the city administration.  

Continuing the capital city's green drive, MRT Jakarta has launched several new services in collaboration with eco-friendly start-ups to encourage greener and more sustainable commuting.

Cycling communities have lauded the local administration's plan to install protected bicycle lanes and expand existing lanes to provide safety for the city's growing population of bike commuters.

Urban transportation experts have reservations about giving credit to Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan for his work on the capital's public transportation system.

The Jakarta administration is in hot water after major floods once again hit the capital city, with critics blaming its poor river restoration projects.

The city was struck by torrential rains over the weekend, which flooded dozens of major roads and forced hundreds of people to rush to emergency shelters.

The floodwater reached up to 2.5 meters in several parts of Jakarta, forcing residents to evacuate to nearby safe places.

Some 1,380 Jakarta residents were evacuated from southern and eastern areas of the city, home to 10 million people, after floodwaters reached up to 1.8 meters high in some areas.

Jakarta faces a gap between the government's newest activity restrictions and reality on the ground, with many neighborhood authorities are already trying their best under less-than-ideal circumstances and lacking information and resources since the beginning of the pandemic.

Seven months into the ban in Indonesia's capital, reports have shown a declining use of plastic bags in minimarkets.

Floods, heavy rain and power outages led people to evacuate their homes in parts of Indonesia's capital on Monday, with the conditions -- worsened by the La Nina weather pattern -- expected to continue until March or April.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said in a statement on Friday that the administration never had plans to impose such tight restrictions.

The plan was inspired by a similar policy in Turkey.

The city is preparing to open 101,100 square meters of land to bury more COVID-19 victims amid increasing deaths.

The COVID-19 pandemic has helped put Jakarta outside the top ten list of the most congested cities around the globe.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has asked the central government to take over the COVID-19 response in Greater Jakarta -- which comprises Jakarta and its neighboring cities -- as the capital is running out of hospital beds as a result of the overwhelming number of patients from the nearby cities over which Jakarta has no jurisdiction.

Many parents across Jakarta feel unprepared for coteaching their children at home and often struggle to help children stay focused when attending virtual classes during the COVID-19 pandemic, a study has revealed.

Jakarta's COVID-19 vaccination program comes not a moment too soon amid a two-week surge in daily cases, with coverage targeting 75.2 percent of the city's population in hopes of achieving herd immunity.

“Based on our observations, public discipline is waning," Satpol PP head Arifin said on Tuesday.

Jakarta malls will only open until 7 p.m., while public transportation serves passengers until 10 p.m. at the latest.

This will be the second time Jakarta is reimposing full PSBB measures, a policy which Governor Anies Baswedan said was pivotal in slowing down infections.

Doubts linger over whether another transitional period will suffice, given the mixed signals of the city’s COVID-19 metrics.

The Jakarta administration has put in place measures to prevent New Year's Eve celebrations in the capital city in a bid to curb COVID-19 transmission during the year-end holiday.

The Jakarta administration has allowed bodies of COVID-19 patients to be buried outside of dedicated graveyards.

As of now, there are 98 COVID-19 referral hospitals in Jakarta, 90 of which were appointed by the governor through a gubernatorial decree, eight of which were selected by the Health Ministry.