'Wait-and-see' approach in South-East Asia towards Omicron Covid-19 variant


Singapore has tightened entry requirements for travellers, and has also postponed VTLs with the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. - The Straits Times/ANN

DENPASAR (Bali), Dec 10 (The Straits Times/ANN): At the height of Covid-19 crisis in July, when the Delta variant of the coronavirus tore through Indonesia, the second-largest hospital in the capital Jakarta, charged with treating Covid-19 patients, had more than 250 patients and was turning away all but the most serious cases.

Now that hospital, RS Persahabatan, only has two such patients and has scaled back on the number of beds set aside to 20.

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