Authorities in the Indonesian capital Jakarta will impose large-scale social restrictions including closures of schools and workplaces to curb the spread of the new coronavirus in the hardest hit area of the country.
President Joko Widodo has sought to limit transmission of the highly contagious COVID-19 respiratory disease through social-distancing policies but has resisted general lockdown measures adopted in many countries.
On Tuesday, Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto signed a central government order allowing Jakarta's administration to introduce restrictions on public life tougher than in the rest of
Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country.