Woman wearing a face mask leaves a disinfection chamber amid the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Pekanbaru, Riau province, Indonesia, April 6, 2020 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken April 6, 2020. Antara Foto/FB Anggoro/ via REUTERS
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's health ministry has approved a request by the government of Jakarta to impose large-scale social restrictions in the city to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, media on Tuesday cited a ministry official as saying.
A health ministry spokeswoman, however, subsequently told Reuters that Jakarta's request has yet to be approved.
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