Indonesia extends IS-military operations; Covid-19 cases rising - over 56,000

A stallholder looks at her phone as she waits for customers at Kuta Art Market in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia. The Covid-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 1,293 within one day to 56,385, with the death toll adding by 71 to 2,876, Achmad Yurianto, a Health Ministry official said. - Bloomberg

JAKARTA, June 30 (Xinhua): The Indonesian government has prolonged the operation to hunt down members of a cell affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) group in a deep forest of Central Sulawesi province.

The "Tinombala Military Operation," which had been scheduled to run till June 28, has been extended until Sept 30, the National Police's Spokesman Brigadier General Awi Setiyono said on Tuesday (June 30).