JAKARTA - After two weeks of being cooped up working from home, I ventured out to get some fresh air last Thursday (March 26) - and, perhaps, scour for some surgical face masks, too.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JAKARTA - After two weeks of being cooped up working from home, I ventured out to get some fresh air last Thursday - and, perhaps, scour the shops for some surgical face masks, too.
In the heart of the city, Plaza Indonesia, the upscale mall across from the office, has rolled down its shutters temporarily. Scratch those lunch appointments and movie outings with friends. Public order officials were on their rounds to sanitise the polluted streets. Thank you, I must also be so clean now.
A car passes the Bundaran Hotel Indonesia roundabout near the iconic Selamat Datang, or Welcome, monument, in Jakarta city centre. ST PHOTO: LINDA YULISMAN A distant nephew in Palembang, in South Sumatra, died a few weeks ago from a lung infection. I asked my mother if he had Covid-19. Nobody knew. I was hysterical, as my mother lives close to him.I felt frustrated that the government has been too slow in responding to the health crisis.
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