Jakarta reports first two Omicron deaths


The country has had its first two deaths from the Omicron variant, while overall coronavirus cases have remained under control since September when it managed to flatten its pandemic curve.

The two patients who died had comorbidities, the health ministry’s spokesman Dr Siti Nadia Tarmizi said in a statement on Saturday.

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