Indonesia records its lowest Covid-19 test positivity rate

Indonesia's daily coronavirus positivity rate dropped below the World Health Organisation's (WHO) benchmark standard of 5 percent this week for the first time, an indicator the country's devastating second wave could be easing.

The positivity rate, or the proportion of people tested who are positive, peaked at 33.4 percent in July when Indonesia became Asia's coronavirus epicentre, driven by the highly contagious Delta variant.

On Monday...