The Indonesian capital of Jakarta will kick off a two-week “transitional” period of eased coronavirus curbs from Monday after the pace of infections slowed over the last two weeks, Governor Anies Baswedan has said.

The city of about 11 million in southeast Asia’s largest economy re-imposed tougher social restrictions from mid-September, after a spurt in virus infections put stress on its health services.

“We need to emphasise that discipline must remain high so that the chain of transmission remains under control and we don’t have to do an emergency brake again,” said Baswedan in a statement.

The new measures allow non-essential businesses to work from offices, but making use only of half their capacity, while dine-in customers at restaurants are also limited to 50% of capacity.

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