Indonesia has been criticised for having among the lowest testing and contact-tracing rates globally. - AFP
JAKARTA (Reuters): Indonesia is set to officially surpass one million coronavirus cases on Tuesday (Jan 26), a grim milestone for the South-east Asian nation that has struggled since last March to get the Covid-19 pandemic under control.
The world's fourth-most-populous country had recorded 999,256 coronavirus infections as of Monday, with the average daily increase running above 11,000 for more than a week, according to official data. Deaths from the respiratory disease have totalled 28,132.
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