Authorities in the Indonesian capital re-imposed a partial coronavirus lockdown Monday and vowed to strictly isolate anyone testing positive for Covid-19 as infections soared in the metropolis.
Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan said the city would resume large-scale social restrictions for two weeks starting Monday, calling it a necessary measure to prevent the health system from collapsing.
"If a person who was tested positive refused to be isolated in the designated facility, health workers and law enforcers will pick them up," Baswedan told a news conference Sunday. Weeks later, however, the capital has seen a sharp increase in new Covid-19 cases. Indonesia is the country hardest-hit in Southeast Asia by coronavirus, with 221,523 infections and 8,841 deaths.National Covid-19 task force chief Doni Monardo said 20 out of 67 Covid-19 referral hospitals in Jakarta had reported occupancy rates in their intensive care units at over 60 percent.
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