Firefighters spray disinfectant on the road, to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia March 22, 2020. Picture taken March 22, 2020. Antara Foto/Arnas Padda via REUTERS
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's capital Jakarta shut cinemas and other public entertainment on Monday at the start of a two-week emergency period to try to slow the accelerating spread of the coronavirus in Southeast Asia's biggest city.
The new measures, which include urging people to work from home, still fall short of the tougher lockdowns imposed by neighbours amid concerns among some experts that the archipelago of 260 million people is not doing enough to contain the virus.
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