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Weeks after the Delta coronavirus spread in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital has reached “herd immunity,” the city’s deputy governor said, ahead of an expected decision from the president on whether to extend COVID-19 restrictions.

Last month, an outbreak devastated Jakarta with hospitals overwhelmed, lack of oxygen and coronavirus patients dying at home, but in recent weeks case numbers have fallen sharply, while vaccination rates have soared.

On July 12, Jakarta recorded more than 14,600 infections, but by Sunday, the number had dropped to 700.

“Jakarta has entered the Green Zone and has reached herd immunity,” Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmed Rize Patria told reporters on Sunday.

The deputy governor was referring to the high vaccination rates in the capital, where more than 54 percent of the population has been fully vaccinated and most have received a single injection.

Nationally, just over 11 percent of the population has been fully vaccinated since the Southeast Asian nation began its vaccination program last January.

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