Main streets were less crowded as Indonesia’s capital began two weeks of social restrictions to curb a rise of coronavirus infections that has pushed its critical-care hospital capacity to unsafe levels.
Police at checkpoints imposed sanctions on bikers that did not wear their masks. But business owners were confused, and workers said supporting the healthcare system, strained by Covid-19 patients, should be the priority.
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