Indonesia to introduce new tax breaks on property, car sales as govt announces 855 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday (Jan 16)

A health care worker wearing a face mask depicting the superhero character Captain America inoculates a girl with a dose of China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine, as the country continues the mass vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) for children aged 6-11, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, January 16, 2022. - Reuters

JAKARTA, Jan 16 (Reuters): Indonesia will introduce new tax breaks on property and automotive sales this year in a bid to accelerate its economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic as authorities prepare for the spread of the Omicron variant, top officials said on Sunday.

New coronavirus infections in Indonesia rose to 1,054 on Saturday (Jan 15), the highest in three months, amid reports of local transmission of the more contagious Omicron.