At least 32 people were injured in a fire that raged through the Trans Studio Mall in the city's Tanjung Bunga area, according to Makassar Mayor Mohammad .
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MAKASSAR, Indonesia (Aug 13): A vehicle with a flashing siren and "Makassar COVID Hunter" written on the side pulls up to a ship docked at a jetty in the Indonesian port city of Makassar, and masked COVID-19 patients carrying bags board the boat. This ship, called the KM Umsini, used to ply a route ferrying up to 2,000 passengers between Indonesia's island cities. Now, it has been turned into an isolation centre for COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms, amid the spread of the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant.