JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): A weak zonal lockdown system and a lack of whole-genome-sequencing equipment to detect more transmissible new Covid-19 variants are the two main challenges Indonesia is facing, experts say.
They called for a quick fix as the world's largest archipelagic nation of 17, 500 sprawling islands saw Covid-19 cases surging past the two-million mark on Monday (June 21).
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