Covid-19: Indonesia eyes return to normal life in July


A health worker conducts a swab test for the new coronavirus on a Muslim woman, in Bogor, Indonesia, Monday, April 27, 2020. - AP

JAKARTA (Bloomberg): Indonesians can expect to resume their normal life in July, with a ramp-up in testing and isolation of those affected expected to help the nation contain the Covid-19 pandemic, a senior official said.

Health officials will continue the massive nationwide virus testing this month and next, followed by aggressive contact tracing and isolation of people exposed to those infected, Doni Manardo, chief of the nation's Covid-19 task force, told an online briefing after a Cabinet meeting on Monday (April 27).

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