Before the announcement, authorities still required mask-wearing indoors and the use of a COVID-19 tracker app when entering most public spaces.
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia on Friday, December 30, removed all remaining measures to control the spread ofeffective immediately, since most of the country’s population already has antibodies against the disease, President Joko Widodo said.
Before the announcement, most mobility restrictions had already been removed for recipients of at least one booster vaccine shot, but authorities still required masks to be worn indoors and use of a COVID tracker app when entering most public spaces.
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