JAKARTA – Main streets were less crowded as Indonesia’s capital began two weeks of social restrictions Monday to curb a rise of coronavirus infections that has pushed its critical-care hospital capacity to unsafe levels.Police at checkpoints imposed sanctions on bikers that did not wear their masks.
But business owners were confused, and workers said supporting the health care system, strained by COVID-19 patients, should be the priority.Jakarta Gov.
Anies Baswedan announced the restrictions Sunday, to last from Monday to Sept. 27, in what he described as an emergency decision to control a rapid expansion in coronavirus cases in Jakarta.Social, economic, religious, cultural and academic activities will be restricted, with 11 essential.