Indonesia extends Covid restrictions

By Xinhua News Agency

May 27, 2021 1:44 am

JAKARTA: The Indonesian government has extended the micro-scale Covid-19 restrictions from May 31 to June 14 and expanded the measure to four more provinces, an official said.

'The restrictions are also applied to Gorontalo, Maluku, North Maluku and West Sulawesi provinces,' said Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto.

A teacher teaches her students during the Drive-In Learning (DIL) program held on the open air amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 5, 2021. Indonesia's Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim in an online discussion in early March announced that the ministry is eyeing to take schooling back into classrooms for in-person schooling in July of 2021. XINHUA PHOTO

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