Jakarta mulls over reimposing stricter social restrictions as coronavirus cases surge

JAKARTA - Jakarta, Indonesia's first epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak, is mulling whether to reimpose restrictions it previously eased as the daily number of new cases hits new records.

The latest data came a day after Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said the city might consider tightening its large-scale social restrictions . The tighter restrictions would see a restoration of stricter PSBB, which had allowed only eight essential sectors to operate during the pandemic. Jakarta's weekly positivity rate had consistently been below 5 per cent since the start of June, in line with one of the World Health Organisation's requirements for regions seeking to enter the so-called"new normal".

Jakarta authorities said 45.2 per cent of the total cases were patients taking tests in hospitals, 38.4 per cent were people taking tests in residential areas, including people living in densely populated areas and areas with high incidence rates, and 6.8 per cent in wet markets, including among vendors.

Hermawan Saputra from the Indonesian Public Health Expert Association criticised Jakarta's easing of restrictions on activities not directly related to fulfilling primary needs.

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