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Indonesia expects Covid-19 cases to continue rising amid stricter curbs
Indonesia expects Covid-19 infections to keep rising for up to two weeks before curbs introduced on Saturday on more than 100 million people begin to reduce cases, a government minister said.
As it battles one of Asia's worst coronavirus outbreaks, the world's fourth-most populous nation has seen record new infections on eight of the past 12 days, with Friday bringing 25,830 cases and a record 539 deaths.
Saturday's curbs on...
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