President Joko Widodo delivers a video message to announce extension of Covid-19 lockdown for another week from the State Palace in Central Jakarta on July 25,2021 (Videography)
BY: HERU ANDRIYANTO
JULY 25, 2021
Jakarta. Social constraints continue until next week with a number of adjustments, consisting of authorization for sit-down meals and beverages at outside restaurants, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo revealed on Sunday night.
Indonesia has actually reimposed constraints because July 3 amid a dramatic rise in Covid-19 cases and deaths blamed on the highly transmissible Delta strain.
Speaking in a video message from the State Palace in Central Jakarta, the president said there were indicators that everyday figures had been in down trend in the past week thanks to the ongoing limitations.
” I thank all the Indonesian people for their understanding and assistance concerning the application of social activity limitations during the last 23 days,” Jokowi stated.
” Now we start to witness progress in curbing the Covid-19 pandemic. The growth rate of newly cases, [hospital] bed occupancy ratio and the positivity rate are decreasing in provinces throughout Java.”
The country of around 272 million individuals has tape-recorded a total of 3.
The day-to-day death toll has surpassed 1,00 0 in the last ten days, with Jokowi attributing the dramatic rise to the Delta version.
” We need to stay cautious in responding to the present enhancement and stay in alert in facing the extremely transmissible Delta variation,” the president stated.
” Having taken health and economy elements into factors to consider, I chose to continue with social constraints from July 26 to August 2, 2021,” he included.
Traditional markets offering basic commodities are enabled to open normally under stringent health procedures, other markets are allowed to operate up until 3.00 p.m. with 50 percent capacity limitation.
Grocery stores, barber stores, lorry repair and maintenance services and other small-scale businesses can run till 9.00 p.m., he said.
” Dining establishments, treat shops and other stores alike with outside places may provide dine-in services until 8.00 p.m. with maximum visit time limited to 20 minutes,” Jokowi added.
” We should stay vigilant since there are possibilities the world will be dealing with brand-new, more transmissible variants in the future,” he said.
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