YAKARTA – Residents of Indonesia’s capital are discouraged: angry, worried and pessimistic about the future.
Entertainment venues will be closed, restaurants and cafes will only offer deliveries and takeaways, and in non-essential spaces there will be home paintings.
But not this time. Many, in fact, expected Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to cancel the measures.
Fishcace soup trader Okky Satria, 27, told the Straits Times: “I like a ping pong ball, bouncing back and forth.
“Why do we have to do it again? People from other countries have never had to. When the government lifted the restrictions, they will be forever,” he said.
Secondly, he has been angry, especially those who were unknown about the estating measures, as well as against the government for not applying the camp and opposing the offenders.
“I hate other people who don’t wear masks. Frankly, I refused to serve without a mask. They are the biggest culprits,” said Mr. Okky, who now expects business to fail.
He said his daily income began to rise just two weeks ago, reaching five million rupees (S$460) over the weekend, which is only part of the amount he earned before the pandemic hit the city in March.
Mr. Okky’s emotions resonate in the city.
Jakarta began to loosen restrictions on 4 June, while maintaining social estating measures.
Most people, perhaps reluctantly, now settle for a desire to restore stricter measures, yet it is difficult to assimilate that they have an effect on the livelihoods.
On Friday, two days after the new restrictions were announced, Governor Anies posted on Facebook: “Be prepared.
“This is the time to come together and paint in combination to fight this virus,” he added.
Indonesia recorded 214,746 cases of Covid-19, of which 52,840 were from Jakarta. The death rate increased to 8650 across the country, adding 1,386 in Jakarta on Saturday (September 12).
Mr. Anies was forced to restore difficult measures after the increase in cases put great pressure on hospitals in Jakarta and its fitness workers.
The crisis has left millions of Indonesians unemployed and analysts have warned of a sharp increase in the ranks of the poor It is inevitable that Southeast Asia’s largest economy (270 million people), like many others in the world, will revel in its first recession. more than two decades.
Informal sector staff and poor urban dwellers have suffered most of the economic effect of the pandemic, and many are reportedly leaving Jakarta in recent days to return to their villages.
“You have no selection because you will have no income. At least in his kampung, he can do it because his parents and other relatives will help him,” Mr. Rusli.
Rusli is already waiting for a cat-and-mouse game with the government as he hopes to continue his business despite restrictions.
“When they come, I’ll close my tent. When they leave, I’ll reopen. They have no right to tell me to avoid making money,” he said in frustration, adding that he had three kids to feed.
He said, “Why worry about coronavirus? Death and sickness are God’s will. No one, not even the government, deserves to intervene, otherwise it would be a sin.
Road salesman Herman, who sells hair accessories from a push cart, said he would “continue to roam the streets. “
“I’m worried about having fewer customers,” he says.
Naturally, most people worry about the problems of bread and butter.
Hajoran Siregar, 49, who rents dormitories for staff in Jakarta’s commercial district, said only part of his assets are busy lately.
“We were in the packed room. Some of them left because their workplace let everyone paint from the house until the end of the year,” he said.
“We’ve already had a closure. I’m sure things will go smoothly. Last time I stocked up on food, nothing happened. Why panic now?” said one buyer, who was only looking to be known as Agus.
However, he was less distant from customers in his shrimp rice business.
“I’m not worried that Jakarta is running out of food, but I wonder if I can put this food on the table for my family,” he said.
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