JAKARTA — Emergency social restrictions are being finalized amid a spike in coronavirus cases in Indonesia, its President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday.
“Today it will be finalized because the spike is very high,” the president said, noting the restrictions would be applied on the islands of Java and Bali. The president said he was optimistic economic growth would still reach 7% in the second quarter.
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