Indonesia's confirmed coronavirus cases more than double to 69 (update)


A worker spraying disinfectant in a shopping mall, amid the Covid-19 (coronavirus) disease outbreak, in Tangerang, in Jakarta. Indonesia on Friday reported 35 new coronavirus cases, including two toddlers, bringing its total to 69, as a rights group urged authorities to be more transparent about the spread of the virus in the world's fourth most-populous nation. - Reuters

JAKARTA: Indonesia on Friday (March 13) reported 35 new coronavirus cases, including two toddlers, bringing its total to 69, as a rights group urged authorities to be more transparent about the spread of the virus in the world's fourth most-populous nation.

Health Ministry official Achmad Yurianto told reporters the new cases ranged in age from 2 to 80, and that three people out of the latest cases had died.

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