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The double-burial policy has provided a glimpse into the state of the outbreak in Jakarta, where there have been renewed calls to reimpose large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) amid soaring cases, deaths and hospital occupancy rates.
It took Indonesia less than five months since its first cases were reported on March 2 to surpass 100,000 cumulative cases in July and another four months to record five times as many cases, surpassing half a million infections in November.
The Jakarta administration has extended the transitional period of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for another two weeks until Jan. 3 as it hopes to prevent a spike in COVID-19 cases during the year-end holidays.
The Jakarta administration announced on Sunday that it would extend the transitional period of the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for another two weeks until Dec. 6 amid a recent surge of new COVID-19 cases and following a number mass gatherings that led to accusations of widespread violations of health protocols.
