Indonesia
The next two weeks are critical for the success of Indonesia’s efforts to rein in the coronavirus, as infections could rise until Saturday’s tougher curbs, affecting more than 100 million people, begin to show results, a minister said.
As it battles one of Asia’s worst virus outbreaks, the world’s fourth-most populous nation reported 27,913 new infections in the latest of many peaks over the past two weeks.
“In the next 10 days, maybe two weeks, cases can continue to rise,” despite tougher curbs on the islands of Java and Bali, as some infections could now be in the incubation period, said Luhut Pandjaitan, the minister overseeing the COVID-19 response.
