Covid-19 creeps into Jakarta's kampungs

Residents go about their daily activities in Kampung Muka, Ancol, North Jakarta, in 2017. - The Jakarta Post

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Jakarta is home to some 10 million people, many of whom live in cramped, adjoined houses or in informal settlements with shared toilets. These densely populated areas of the city are known as kampungs.

As residents of these neighbourhoods have almost no private space, they have a high risk of catching and spreading Covid-19, which has infected 5,195 and killed 453 in the city so far.