JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia announced on Friday the lifting of all health restrictions still in place against COVID-19, believing that its population was now sufficiently immune to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
“There will be no more restrictions on gatherings and movement,” Indonesian President JokoWidodo told a news conference.
The Head of State, however, called on the population to remain vigilant, and recommends wearing a mask in public places and in enclosed spaces.
The number of daily infections recorded in the country fell below 1,000 last week, with a low hospitalization rate.
Fourth most populous country in the world, with more than 231 million inhabitants, Indonesia has recorded more than 6.7 million contaminations since the start of the pandemic, in 2020, including 160,583 fatal cases.
Nearly 75% of Indonesians over the age of six – or 174.7 million people – have received two injections of a COVID-19 vaccine and around 68.5 million have received at least one injection, according to reports. Ministry of Health data.
(Gayatri Suroyo and Ananda Teresia report, French version Sophie Louet, edited by Matthieu Protard)
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