Indonesians prefers tightened restrictions to lockdown amid surging Covid-19 cases

People get medical screening by the health care workers before they receive coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine during a mass vaccination program at a stadium in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia, June 26, 2021, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. - via Reuters

JAKARTA, June 27 (Xinhua): The Indonesian government prefers tightened restrictions on community activities to lockdown although some have recommended that the country be fully quarantined amid the soaring number of Covid-19 cases.

The Health Ministry said on Saturday night (JUne 26) that the country recorded 21, 095 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the highest daily spike since March last year when the first COVID-19 case was detected in the country, bringing the total national tally to 2, 093, 962.