A voter wearing a protective mask is seen at the polling booth during regional elections amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Depok, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, December 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
JAKARTA/DEPOK, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesians streamed into polling stations to vote in regional elections on Wednesday, with health experts warning of the risk of new coronavirus clusters emerging across the archipelago after authorities ignored calls to postpone the vote again.
A mammoth logistical undertaking even without a pandemic, more than 100 million people are eligible to vote with nearly 300,000 polling stations set up in 24 districts and 37 cities.
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