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Indonesia Rules Out Easing Lockdowns Soon as New Cases Spike
- Authorities to focus on travel curbs during holidays: Jokowi
- New cases soared more than 80% in May, taking total to 18,010
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo ruled out an immediate easing of social distancing rules and ordered officials to strictly enforce a ban on travel during the busy holiday season to prevent a spike in new coronavirus cases.
With new infections soaring 80% so far in May, Jokowi, as the president is known, asked officials at a cabinet meeting to increase the surveillance of industrial clusters and focus on enforcing mobility restrictions at the village level. While the government is preparing various scenarios for reopening the economy, no deadline has been set yet, he said.