President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo teleconferences from the Bogor Palace in West Java on March 16. - JP
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has come under increased pressure to impose a partial lockdown on virus-plagued areas, with scientists saying the country is racing against time to curb the spread of Covid-19 before Idul Fitri and that a community quarantine could be the only solution to do exactly that.
The President has said that he will not impose a lockdown even though two of Indonesia’s neighbours — Malaysia and the Philippines — and several European countries have decided to take the drastic measure to slow the transmission of the disease.
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