Health ministry confirms Indonesia detects 2 cases of new Covid-19 variant as country's total surge past 1.345 million


A man reacts while receiving his first dose of China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) during the mass vaccination program for elderly people at Indonesia's health ministry in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday (March 2, 2021). - Reuters

JAKARTA, March 2 (Xinhua): Two new cases of the more contagious Covid-19 variant B117 were detected in Indonesia, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.

Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono said the findings were obtained from a study of 426 Covid-19 specimens in Indonesia.

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