Police officers check the number of people seated inside a car during the imposition of large-scale social restriction, at a checkpoint in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, April 10, 2020. - AP
JAKARTA (AFP): Soldiers and police hit the streets of Indonesia's capital Jakarta Friday (April 10) to enforce its toughest social-distancing rules yet as coronavirus infections surge and critics warn of a looming public-health disaster.
Violators face heavy fines and up to a year in jail for breaking the new rules, which include a ban on gatherings of more than five people, limiting restaurants to online delivery orders and reducing public transport.
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