Indonesia to stick to current curbs for Christmas, New Year holidays

A child receives a Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine dose at an elementary school in Jakarta as part of a government programme to vaccinate children aged 6 to 11. - AFP

JAKARTA, Dec 19 (Jakarta Post/ANN): The government has said it will stick to its current mobility restrictions during the year-end holidays, despite having recently reported the country’s first known case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

Vice President Ma’ruf Amin said the government would continue to implement multi-tiered public activity restrictions (PPKM) in accordance with the pandemic situation in each region.