Indonesia extends large-scale social restrictions as Covid-19 cases surge


A passenger wearing a protective mask sits in the waiting room of Pulo Gebang bus station, as the spread of the coronavirus outbreak continues in Jakarta, on Sunday (April 12). Indonesia on Sunday reported the biggest daily hike of the Covid-19 cases of 399, bringing the total to 4,241 with 373 casualties. - Reuters

JAKARTA: Indonesia on Sunday (April 12) has decided to extend the area of the large-scale social restrictions to West Java province which has the biggest population in the country as the number of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases spikes.

Governor of West Java Province Ridwan Kamil said on its twitter on Sunday that the large-scale restrictions will be applied on the provincial towns of Bekasi, Depok and Bogor that share borders with the country's capital of Jakarta which has imposed the restrictions since April 10.

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