Herman Maulanasyah, a 40-year-old hair stylist, gives a haircut to a customer at his barbershop, while wearing a handmade protective suit in a tribute to the country's medical workers tackling the coronavirus disease and to campaign for awareness about the rising number of deaths, in Bogor, Indonesia, on Monday (April 6). - Jakarta Post/Asian News Network
JAKARTA: Indonesian citizens are now required to wear face masks when they are outside, the government announced on Monday (April 6), as the number of Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak cases rose to almost 2,500.
The order to wear a face mask is in accordance with recommendations from the World Health Organisation, according to Achmad Yurianto, the government spokesman for issues relating to the disease on Monday.
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