Municipality workers carry a coffin to the burial area provided by the government for Covid-19 victims in Jakarta, Indonesia on June 24, 2021. - Reuters
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Indonesia has posted another record-breaking day after the number of new Covid-19 cases surpassed 15, 000, just hours after President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo spoke up for the first time since the second wave of infections began to sweep through the country.
Health authorities reported 15, 308 new cases on Wednesday (June 23), the highest daily rise since the pandemic hit the country last year.
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