JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo said in a video released on Saturday (Aug 7) that COVID-19 infections have started to surge outside the populous Java-Bali islands, and that movement restrictions are needed to stem transmission. \u0022The people\u0027s mobility needs to be stemmed. For at lea
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo said in a video released on Saturday that COVID-19 infections have started to surge outside the populous Java-Bali islands, and that movement restrictions are needed to stem transmission.
"The people's mobility needs to be stemmed. For at least two weeks," he said, adding that cases are surging in provinces such as West Sumatra and East Nusa Tenggara. He did not specify where and when such restrictions will take place.
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