Push for shots: A woman getting vaccinated in Bekasi on the outskirts of Jakarta. — AP
PRESIDENT Joko Widodo said that Indonesia will bring in emergency measures running until July 20 aimed at containing an exponential spike in coronavirus cases that has strained the country’s medical system.
There has been a near vertical climb in virus cases in the world’s fourth most populous nation in recent weeks, prompting health experts to warn that the outbreak could be as bad as India’s devastating second wave if tighter measures are not introduced.
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