From discovering buses and vans used to smuggle people out of Jakarta to being scolded by angry drivers, this Ramadan has been a challenging month for Sutimin and his team.
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No visitors or tourists were allowed to attend a recent ritual, which was observed by members of the Baduy Dalam tribe in Cikeusik, Cibeo and Cikawartana hamlets.
Citing economic considerations, the Transportation Ministry allowed public transportation to resume operation last week by opening air, land and sea travel for select purposes, a move that drew strong criticism from experts.
The pressure of isolation and boredom is increasingly being felt by workers who are migrants or new-comers living in boarding houses in the cities where they work.
Bali Kids co-founder Brenton Whittaker, an Adelaide-born Australian who has lived in Bali for 12 years, says the pandemic has dried up donations.
The coronavirus pandemic has tested local governments in their ability to respond to social and economic threats that have come at them at a fast pace.
Most days the ABC website publishes graphs showing the trajectory of Covid-19 cases. The charts feature nine countries including Taiwan, Japan and Australia. Though not Indonesia.
Currently, only 42.6% and 44% of people enrolled in the Family Hope Program and food assistance, respectively, actually receive the assistance.
“In 1918 with the Spanish Flu… once people started to become more used to being out again and cases started to increase – they actually did not want to listen to the instructions to go back home.”
Indonesia has recorded 689 new coronavirus cases, another single day record, as the country looks to be backing away from plans to reopen the economy from early June.
Authorities have so far rolled out 10 machines across greater Jakarta — home to more than 30 million people — to dispense 1.5 kilograms of rice to the poor.
Indonesia’s wildlife markets are “like a cafeteria for animal pathogens,” but they have resisted efforts to close even as China has shut its own markets over coronavirus fears.
The number of Covid-19 deaths in Indonesia has hit 1,007, according to latest figures on Tuesday (May 12), as cases previously contained in the capital Jakarta have flared up across the country.
The rise in pregnancies will likely occur mostly among women from low-income families who largely depend on free contraception provided by the BKKBN.
“The government is rushing to restart the economy when they know very well that it will take some time to recover.”
While national governments deliver policies at the macro level, regional and local governments often formulate and implement policies which have the most direct impact on citizens’ lives.
