Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced the removal of all restrictions imposed to control the spread of Covid-19 with immediate effect as most of the country’s citizens have antibodies against the coronavirus.
“There will be no more restrictions on gatherings and movements,” the president said, while addressing a press conference, adding that the government made the decision based on the country’s latest infection figures.
Before the president made the announcement, the government had removed most mobility restrictions for people who had received at least one booster shot, however masks had to be worn indoors and they had to use a health tracking app. COVID when they went to public spaces.
President Widodo called on the citizens of Indonesia to stay vigilant against the coronavirus and continue to wear masks when in a crowd or indoors.
Indonesia had previously reported the highest rate of infections in Asia, however, in the past week, there has been a decline in daily reported cases to less than 1,000, with relatively low deaths and hospitalizations.
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The world’s fourth most populous nation has so far recorded more than 6.7 million coronavirus cases overall and 160,583 deaths.
Two vaccines were given to nearly 75% of Indonesians aged 6 years or older or 174.7 million people and a booster dose was given to around 68.5 million, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
(With agency contributions)
