JAKARTA, Dec. 9 (Xinhua): Indonesia on Thursday confirmed 220 new Covid-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 4,258,560, according to the country's health ministry.
The ministry reported that the death toll from the virus in the country rose by nine to 143,918, while 296 more people recovered during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 4,109,364.
Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto on Wednesday revealed that a survey conducted by the government has shown that 88 up to 94 per cent of the population in 10 agglomeration cities reach Covid-19 herd immunity.
The government will reportedly announce more details of the survey in the third week of this month.
Indonesia started mass Covid-19 vaccinations on Jan. 13 after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine.
More than 144.44 million people have received their first doses of the Covid-19 vaccines, while over 101.14 million have taken the second doses.
Indonesia has so far administered over 246.84 million doses, including the third booster jabs. The Indonesian government aims to fully vaccinate 208.2 million people in the country.
Meanwhile, the death toll in the eruption of Semeru, a volcano in Indonesia's island of Java, has risen to 43, with 104 people injured, the National Disaster Management Agency said on Thursday.
Thursday's evacuation process was stopped, as the search and rescue location was covered by dark and overcast clouds, to avoid flooding of volcanic ash, according to the agency's spokesperson Abdul Muhari.
"Based on a visual report, thick smoke was also sliding from the peak of Semeru up to 1,000 meters to the west to southwest direction this morning," Muhari said.
More than 6,000 people remain in 121 evacuation points as their homes were swept away by volcanic ash or their settlements are located in the danger zone.
The eruption killed thousands of livestock such as cows, goats and poultry. Dozens of public facilities, including a bridge connecting districts, were damaged.
Authorities are reviewing the construction of a temporary emergency bridge to connect the districts of Lumajang and Malang.
The 3,676-metre-high volcano erupted on Saturday. - Xinhua
The ministry reported that the death toll from the virus in the country rose by nine to 143,918, while 296 more people recovered during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 4,109,364.
Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto on Wednesday revealed that a survey conducted by the government has shown that 88 up to 94 per cent of the population in 10 agglomeration cities reach Covid-19 herd immunity.
The government will reportedly announce more details of the survey in the third week of this month.
Indonesia started mass Covid-19 vaccinations on Jan. 13 after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine.
More than 144.44 million people have received their first doses of the Covid-19 vaccines, while over 101.14 million have taken the second doses.
Indonesia has so far administered over 246.84 million doses, including the third booster jabs. The Indonesian government aims to fully vaccinate 208.2 million people in the country.
Meanwhile, the death toll in the eruption of Semeru, a volcano in Indonesia's island of Java, has risen to 43, with 104 people injured, the National Disaster Management Agency said on Thursday.
Thursday's evacuation process was stopped, as the search and rescue location was covered by dark and overcast clouds, to avoid flooding of volcanic ash, according to the agency's spokesperson Abdul Muhari.
"Based on a visual report, thick smoke was also sliding from the peak of Semeru up to 1,000 meters to the west to southwest direction this morning," Muhari said.
More than 6,000 people remain in 121 evacuation points as their homes were swept away by volcanic ash or their settlements are located in the danger zone.
The eruption killed thousands of livestock such as cows, goats and poultry. Dozens of public facilities, including a bridge connecting districts, were damaged.
Authorities are reviewing the construction of a temporary emergency bridge to connect the districts of Lumajang and Malang.
The 3,676-metre-high volcano erupted on Saturday. - Xinhua
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