The President Has Decided To Extend The Partial Lockdown In Bali and Java

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The central government through the Indonesian President has officially announced that the implementation of the emergency partial lockdown has been extended for 5 more days.

The Indonesian President. Joko Widodo (Jokowi) confirmed that the partial lockdown that was supposed to end on the 20^th of July, has been extended until the 25^th of July 2021. “After observing and listening to suggestions from the citizens, we plan to partially revoke all these restrictions on the 26^th of July 2021 if Covid-19 transmissions are successfully reduced.” Jokowi said on Tuesday (20/7). Jokowi explained that the government has decided to give some leniency that will be announced by each provincial government during the extended partial lockdown.

 Meanwhile Bali Governor, I Wayan Koster has issued a new decree that announced some new policies during the extended partial lockdown such as :

– grocery store and traditional markets are allowed to operate with 50% of the capacity until 8:00pm
– non essential businesses are allowed to operate with 25% of capacity until 9:00pm
– the governor has revoked the policy to turn off all public street lights during the lockdown
– street vendors are allowed to operate until 9:00pm while providing take-away service only

However, the president hasn’t announced any changes on the travel restrictions that started when the emergency partial lockdown was implemented on the 3^rd of July 2021 as The Bali Sun has previously reported.