Indonesia warns Covid-19 cases may not peak until July as hospitals fill

A woman receives a shot of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine during a mass coronavirus vaccination for public at the Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium in Bekasi on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, June 14, 2021. - AP

JAKARTA, June 14 (Reuters): Indonesia expects a new wave of coronavirus infections will peak in early July, as the highly transmissible delta variant becomes more dominant in some areas and with the occupancy of hospitals in Jakarta hitting 75%, officials said.

Covid-19 infections in the world's fourth most populous country have been on the rise in recent weeks since holidays at the end of the Muslim fasting month, when millions flouted restrictions to travel across the archipelago.