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A man wearing a protective mask pushes a trolley at a traditional market amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 24, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia is preparing more intensive care units after logging several days of record-high COVID-19 deaths last week, while the country waits to see whether the government will extend or loosen tough restrictions due to expire on Sunday.
Buckling under a Delta variant-driven wave of the virus, Indonesia has become Asia’s COVID-19 epicentre with hospitals deluged, particularly on the densely populated island of Java.
“Deaths have risen due to a number of factors: full hospitals, patients admitted with low saturation, or dying unmonitored in self-isolation,” Senior Minister Luhut Pandjaitan said in a statement late on Saturday.
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