Indonesia tightens micro restrictions amid surge in Covid-19 cases in country from June 22-July 5


People dance to the music played by organizer while they wait to receive the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, June 21, 2021. Indonesia's president ordered authorities to speed up the country's vaccination campaign as the World Health Organisation warned of the need to increase social restrictions in the country amid a fresh surge of coronavirus infections caused by worrisome variants. - AP

JAKARTA, June 21 (Xinhua): The Indonesian government decided to tightened the micro-scale restrictions and extended them from June 22 to July 5 amidst the surge in the Covid-19 transmission, an official said on Monday.

Offices located in red zones are allowed to hold a maximum of 25 percent of employees, and those in other zones are permitted to hold a maximum of 50 percent of staff, said Airlangga Hartarto, chief of the Covid-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery Committee and coordinating minister for economic affairs.

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