Indonesia Becomes, COVID-19 Epicenter, After Reporting Record Number of New Cases.
On July 14, Indonesia reported 54,000 new cases of COVID-19, a single-day record for the island nation.
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Indonesia has officially overtaken hard-hit India to become the new epicenter for the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia.
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Experts fear that the situation is even more dire than it appears, as not enough people are being tested for the virus.
A collaborative health survey found that nearly half of the 10.6 million residents in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, may have contracted COVID-19.
If the spread continues to accelerate, experts believe Indonesia’s health care system could crumble.
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90,000 of Indonesia’s 120,000 hospital beds are reportedly occupied.
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90,000 of Indonesia’s 120,000 hospital beds are reportedly occupied.
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Oxygen prices in the country have continued to surge, with some hospitals now reportedly running out of the life-saving resource.
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Oxygen prices in the country have continued to surge, with some hospitals now reportedly running out of the life-saving resource.
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Just 5.5 percent of Indonesia’s population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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In Jakarta, only 18 percent of the city’s population is fully vaccinated.
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President Joko Widodo called vaccines crucial to the country’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Fair and equal access to vaccines must be guaranteed since we see there is still a wide gap in vaccine access throughout the country, Joko Widodo, via CNN
