Indonesia's capital to reimpose restrictions over coronavirus

JAKARTA  - Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, will reinstate wide-scale social restrictions “as soon as possible” because a rise in coronavirus infections threatens to strain its health system, its governor said on Wednesday. Jakarta has recorded a daily average of over 1,000 new cases this month, and has now registered almost 43,400 infections and 1,330 deaths from Covid-19 since the pandemic began, according to central government data. The capital will reinstate restrictions similar to those imposed from April until June, when public transport was limited and dining in restaurants was forbidden, and working from offices will be prohibited from Monday, Governor Anies Baswedan said. “Right now, this is an emergency — more pressing than the start of the pandemic,” he said, adding that food assistance will be delivered to the most vulnerable while tighter restrictions are in place. Baswedan said that without stricter measures, beds in intensive care units and isolation could be full within two months.

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