Indonesia explores options to ease social restrictions

Jatibaru in Tanah Abang, Jakarta, is seen packed with sellers and shoppers on May 18, a week before the Idul Fitri holiday - JP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The government is using research and surveys to explore ways to ease its large-scale social restrictions (PSBB), an official has said.

"We've reported several concepts for restriction relaxations [to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo], including efforts and strategies to face challenges in the new normal," the national Covid-19 rapid response task force chief, Doni Monardo, said in a teleconference on Monday (May 18).