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Jakarta resident Clement, 45, who was strolling the street with his wife, told Reuters he disagreed with the curbs, even though he has lost a friend to the respiratory disease.
"We know it's dangerous, but at least if we want to go to the mall, or somewhere, we should just show our vaccine (certificate) and maybe an antigen (test result)," he said.
The highly infectious Delta variant, first identified in India where it caused a spike in infections, is spreading in Indonesia and pushing hospitals across Java to the brink.
With medical facilities near capacity, demand has surged for oxygen and drugs for many people isolating at home, driving retail prices up in pharmacies and online marketplaces.
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The health ministry has capped prices of drugs such as Favipiravir, Remdesivir and Ivermectin, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said.
Authorities are also trying to speed their vaccination drive in the areas with the worst outbreak. Its inoculation campaign has covered just 7.6% of the 181.5 million people targeted for shots by next January.
Jakarta this weekend launched mass vaccination at a football stadium for children aged 12 to 17, aiming to inject more than 20,000.
Indonesia is set to receive vaccines donated by foreign countries. Until now, it has relied mainly on a vaccine from China's Sinovac Biotech.
Indonesia's tally of infections stands at 2.2 million, with a death toll of more than 59,500.
