A woman receives a booster dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in Jakarta on Jan. 12, 2022. - AFP
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Jakartans are being called upon to be more vigilant and consider once again the possibility of working from home, after authorities flagged the city as the “first battleground” in the fight against the Omicron Covid-19 strain, amid worrying predictions of a third infection wave in the coming weeks.
The capital, which is at the centre of the Greater Jakarta megalopolis, is home to some 12 million people and hosts millions more commuters from a handful of satellite cities around it, making it a nightmare for city administrators looking to curb the spread of a highly contagious variant.
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