Indonesia eases some COVID-19 curbs in areas where cases decline – Reuters

JAKARTA, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Indonesia will extend “level 4” mobility restrictions in several areas of Java and Bali until Aug. 16, but will ease them in other places on those islands where COVID-19 cases have dropped, senior minister Luhut Pandjaitan said.

Outside of Java and Bali, those restrictions – the strictest in the government’s scale – will be extended until Aug. 23, coordinating minister of economic affairs Airlangga Hartarto said.

In Jakarta, there are plans to open malls with 25% of capacity for vaccinated people. (Reporting by Gayatri Suroyo and Stanley Widianto; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)