Indonesia: Jakarta is reopening after weeks of lockdown
Healthcare workers worry the relaxation of restrictions is too soon for Southeast Asia’s largest city.
Traffic jams are on the way back in Indonesia’s capital as Jakarta starts reopening after weeks of lockdown.
But healthcare workers worry the relaxation of restrictions is too soon for Southeast Asia’s largest city.
Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington reports.
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