Anyone steaming, today? Amazon, Steam, Epic Games, Yahoo, PayPal, Bing, Dota, CounterStrike Go, Blizzard’s BattleNet, and EA’s Origin have been placed on the Indonesian government’s block list for failing to register on time. They may still be accessible from certain ISP’s but likely not for long.

Tsunami warning has been issued after a shallow 7.5 magnitude quake hit the Flores Sea, 112km north of Larantuka, NTT. It seems like the quake itself is felt lightly to moderately in several areas. MMI IV: Ruteng, Labuan Bajo, Larantuka, Maumere, Adonara and Larantuka. MMI III: Tambolaka, Waikabubak, Waingapu. MMI II-III: Makassar, Takalar, Pangkep.

Mount Semeru erupted sending a wall of hot clouds barrelling down towards nearby villages. Several locals reported that the eruption was so massive it blocked out the sun, making the afternoon dark as night. Rain is also triggering volcanic mud slides.

Cases: 4,256,998 (+311)
Recoveries: 4,105,352 (+388)
Deaths: 143,850 (+10)
Active cases: 7,796 (-87)

Vax 1: 140,885,229 (+680,183)
Vax 2: 97,318,649 (+799,303)
Vax 3: 1,222,409 (-62) Samples: 55,038,077 (+291,460, antigen 235,987)
People: 36,885,898 (+199,658 l, antigen 168,186)

Positive rates
Overall: 0.16%
PCR+TCM: 0.84%
Antigen: 0.03%

Apparently the Social Affairs Minister thinks that deaf people should force themselves to speak in public “to maximize God’s gift to us, mouth, eyes, ears. But I hope we can all try,” she said during an an event observing the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 🤐

PPKM Level 4 continues until 9 August with adjustments in certain regions - President Jokowi

Details to come. The government expects the virus reproduction number to fall below 1.0 by October 2021 and to prepare for reopening Java and Bali in September. Currently the infection rate is at 1.5 due to the more infectious nature of the virus.

ONE MORE SET Getting close

Death toll still high at 1.6k. 112k people were tested.

Cases: 3,440,396 (+30,738)
Recoveries: 2,809,538 (+39,446)
Deaths: 95,723 (+1,604)
Active cases: 535,135 (+10,312)

Vax 1: 47,478,168 (+251,654)
Vax 2: 20,673,079 (+138,256) Sorry... active cases should be -10,312

Much fewer active cases, so that’s a bit of a relief, but deaths are still high.

Cases: 3,409,658 (+37,294)
Recoveries: 2,770,092 (+39,372)
Deaths: 94,119 (+1,808)
Active cases: 545,447 (-3,896)

Vax 1: 47,226,514 (+420,521)
Vax 2: 20,534,823 (+388,402)

Active cases down by 13k. Record number of recoveries. Just under 1.5k deaths. 121k people tested

Cases: 3,194,733 (+28,228)
Recoveries: 2,549,692 (+40,374)
Deaths: 84,766 (+1,487)
Active cases: 560,275 (-13,633)

Vax 1: 44,728,320 (+258,346)
Vax 2: 18,129,878 (+233,374) Overall positive rate under 25%, which is good for a country like... Absurdistan

Samples: 24,975,057 (+160,589 (antigen 81,562)
People: 17,008,799 (+121,266 (antigen 64,900)

Positive rate
Overall: 23.28%
Non antigen: 38.13%
Antigen: 10.38%

President Jokowi:
Emergency PPKM continues until August 2.
• Traditional markets: open as usual.
• Non essential market vendors: open until 3pm, 50% cap.
• Small businesses: open until 9pm
• Warungs and open air food vendors: open until 8pm, dine on site capped at 20 minutes. It’s still PPKM Level 4, ladies and gentlemen.

Further details to come from relevant ministers, regional governments, and local authorities.

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Bali’s immigration office is looking for Kristen Grey, the American woman in Bali at the center of the Twitter row about her immigration and tax status. The office said there’s no such name registered among arrivals but her social media name might be different to her actual name. The immigration office have located Kristen Gray’s residence and plan to invite her to have a chat about her tweets. The office said she entered Bali in January 2020 and extended her visa until this year. She currently holds a valid visa to stay in the country.

Last night, Jakarta Gov Anies Baswedan finally issued a decree on how the capital’s large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) will work. It’s basically what the city has been doing but this time it is an order with real legal consequences. Here’s what you need to know.

THREAD: This PSBB is effective starting today until Apr 23 but can be extended. Under the law on health quarantine people who violate the PSBB order can face up to one year jail and/or a fine of up to Rp 100 million.