JAKARTA, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia has extended the micro-scale community activity restriction policy from April 5 to 19 to prevent the further spread of COVID-19, said an official on Monday.

"The government has extended the policy for the next two weeks," Airlangga Hartarto, coordinating minister for economic affairs and chairman of the COVID-19 handling and economic recovery team, told a virtual press conference.

Hartarto added that the previous micro-scale restrictions had succeeded in reducing the number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia.

For example, Hartarto said, the positivity rate in Indonesia was 7.61 percent, lower than the global figure, while the recovery rate in Indonesia reached 89.68 percent, higher than the global figure.

But he said the country's COVID-19 fatality rate is 2.72 percent, higher than the global figure.

In addition, the government has expanded the implementation of the restriction policy to five other provinces, namely North Kalimantan, Aceh, South Sumatra, Riau, and Papua.

Previously, the restrictions were only imposed in 15 provinces, including six provinces in main Java Island, Bali, North Sumatra, East Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara. Enditem

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