Waiting for help: People standing in line to receive assistance from Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta. — Reuters
THE country’s religious minister has called for people to pray at home during next week’s Islamic holiday to avoid the risk of spreading the coronavirus, as some regions complained of a lack of supplies of Covid-19 vaccines.
Fuelled by the spread of the more virulent Delta variant, Indonesia has repeatedly reported record infections and Covid-19 deaths in recent weeks, prompting some health experts to declare the country Asia’s new epicentre for the virus.
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