Jakarta imposes partial lockdown as virus cases surge | Malay Mail

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JAKARTA, April 10 — Soldiers and police hit the streets of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta Friday to enforce its toughest social-distancing rules yet as coronavirus infections surge and critics warn of a looming public-health disaster. Violators face heavy fines and up to a year in jail for...

A Red Cross personnel wearing a protective suit sprays disinfectant in a densely populated neighbourhood area, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 4, 2020. — Reuters

Motorbike taxis seen everywhere in the megacity of some 30 million were banned from picking up passengers and residents were ordered to stay home. But he resisted calls for a nationwide lockdown fearing a collapse in South-east Asia’s biggest economy, where tens of millions eke out a living on poorly-paid, informal jobs.

 

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