Indonesia needs faster vaccination rollout to battle against COVID-19 spike
Emergency oxygen supplies and a faster vaccination rollout are desperately needed in Indonesia, health experts say, amid a spike in cases and the emergence of the highly infectious Kappa variant.
On 12 July, official sources reported 40,427 new cases and 891 new deaths an increase of over 10,000 in less than a week, according to data collected by Worldometer.
Overall, Indonesia has reported 2,567,630 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 16
th highest in the world, and 67,355 deaths since the outbreak began last year. Less than 48 million vaccine doses have been administered in a country with a population of more than 276 million people.
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