A soldier wearing a protective shield and a mask speaks to a driver at a check point during a partial lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus in Karawang, West Java, Indonesia, on Wednesday, May 27,2020. Indonesia deployed hundreds of thousands of army and police personnel across the vast archipelago to enforce social distancing rules after a record surge in infections in the past week cast doubt about plans to reopen Southeast Asia’s largest economy. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg
INDONESIA will step up coronavirus testing and isolation of suspected patients in East Java, home to the nation’s second-largest city and a major industrial hub that’s emerged as a new virus hot spot.
President Joko Widodo ordered troops and police to assist local authorities in bolstering efforts to contain a spike in cases in East Java, a province with a population of almost 40 million.
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