A number of arterial roads in Jakarta saw heavy traffic and congestion on the first Monday of the government’s emergency public activity restrictions (PPKM Darurat), as checkpoints installed throughout the capital reduced mobility.

The volunteers ride motorbikes in front of the ambulances, the deafening noise of the sirens behind them, freeing up space and stopping other cars to make way for ambulances carrying the sick to medical facilities or corpses to graveyards.

Instead of the throwing big and lavish festivals from the pre-pandemic era, the Jakarta administration has opted to host several small events that focus mostly on improving the city's economy, as the capital suffers from a new wave of COVID-19 infections that is inundating its healthcare facilities.

National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo welcomed a suggestion from a lawmaker to remove permanent bike lanes from Jakarta streets — a plan immediately slammed by transportation experts.

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said Jakarta had a very high level of mobility and social interactions so the speed of vaccine rollout would "determine how fast COVID-19 will spread" in the city.​

The Jakarta administration appears to remain confident in its approach to handling COVID-19 even as it sees a frightening resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the past week, instead blaming the general population for being lax with health protocols.

The citizen lawsuit is the first of its kind aiming to hold authorities accountable for air pollution in the country.

The Jakarta administration is speeding up its COVID-19 vaccination drive to make use of 400,000 AstraZeneca doses set to expire by the end of the month.

Jakarta is considering reimposing the odd-even license plate policy for private cars as traffic returns. But concerns have grown that the policy might force people to shift to public transportation, which could lead to passengers overcrowding the transit networks, increasing the risk of coronavirus transmission.

The administration has found itself juggling ways to appease motorists, sport cyclists and bicycle commuters as it seeks to make city streets safe and accessible for everyone.

Epidemiologist Dicky Budiman said the “geospatial” approach used by Jakarta to prioritize vaccine recipients had “no scientific basis”.

A lawyer of a rape suspect in Bekasi, West Java said the client intended to marry a 15-year-old girl he allegedly raped to "avoid sins due to adultery."

The Jakarta administration has kept most city parks closed since the beginning of the pandemic, leaving residents with few options to escape the tedium of housebound life under virus restrictions.

As concerns loom over a possible spike in COVID-19 cases after Idul Fitri, Jakarta is redoubling its efforts to limit the spread of the illness.​​​​

Jakarta was dubbed the "worst-performing city", followed by India’s Delhi, in a study of the environmental vulnerability of 576 big cities worldwide.

The Jakarta Tourism and Creative Economy Agency allowed tourist destinations to be open during Idul Fitri under strict health protocols, such as requiring online reservations for visitors.

“I’m terribly afraid of the pandemic, I am not a 'covidiot',” Beni said on Thursday, referring to people who stubbornly ignore health rules in relation to COVID-19.

Jakarta has seen a sharp increase in COVID-19 infection clusters emerging from office spaces in recent weeks, with hundreds of cases traced to workers who have received a vaccine.

The Religious Affairs Ministry allows places of worship to operate at 50 percent of their capacity during Ramadan, giving Muslims an opportunity to perform congregational tarawih (Ramadan evening prayers) at mosques.

Jakarta has seen a steady decrease in the number of daily cases and deaths in the past two months, the longest decline since the pandemic began.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan must now oversee the first corruption case to embroil his administration, after investigators named the chief executive of a city-owned property developer suspect in a graft case.

The commission ruled in favor of the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta), which had filed a public information request pertaining to flooding to the city administration.  

Continuing the capital city's green drive, MRT Jakarta has launched several new services in collaboration with eco-friendly start-ups to encourage greener and more sustainable commuting.

Cycling communities have lauded the local administration's plan to install protected bicycle lanes and expand existing lanes to provide safety for the city's growing population of bike commuters.

Urban transportation experts have reservations about giving credit to Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan for his work on the capital's public transportation system.

The Jakarta administration is in hot water after major floods once again hit the capital city, with critics blaming its poor river restoration projects.

The city was struck by torrential rains over the weekend, which flooded dozens of major roads and forced hundreds of people to rush to emergency shelters.

The floodwater reached up to 2.5 meters in several parts of Jakarta, forcing residents to evacuate to nearby safe places.

Some 1,380 Jakarta residents were evacuated from southern and eastern areas of the city, home to 10 million people, after floodwaters reached up to 1.8 meters high in some areas.

Jakarta faces a gap between the government's newest activity restrictions and reality on the ground, with many neighborhood authorities are already trying their best under less-than-ideal circumstances and lacking information and resources since the beginning of the pandemic.