JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): Indonesia has extended its partial lockdown for a week, after the month-long restrictions successfully lowered the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Java and Bali.
"We have started to see improvement, but things are very dynamic and they fluctuate. We have to stay alert and (continue with) efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19," President Joko Widodo told a media briefing on Monday (Aug 2) evening.
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