Indonesia extends micro-scale restriction policy till April 19 as Covid-19 cases goes above 1.537 million

JAKARTA, April 5 (Xinhua): Indonesia has extended the micro-scale community activity restriction policy from April 5 to 19 to prevent the further spread of Covid-19, said an official on Monday as cases are still not slowing down to numbers that are expected.

"The government has extended the policy for the next two weeks," Airlangga Hartarto, coordinating minister for economic affairs and chairman of the Covid-19 handling and economic recovery team, told a virtual press conference.