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Japanese expats leave Indonesia on chartered plane amid COVID-19 surge
The All Nippon Airways aircraft, which departed Jakarta's international airport, is set to arrive at Narita airport near Tokyo later in the day, according to Japanese government and Shimizu Corp. sources. The major general contractor chartered the plane, Kyodo News Reported.
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Japan Airlines (JAL) planes at Narita airport, Tokyo, Japan (Shutterstock/EQRoy)
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chartered plane carrying about 50 Japanese expatriates and family members left Indonesia for Japan on Wednesday morning, following a surge of infections with the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus in the Southeast Asian country.
The All Nippon Airways aircraft, which departed Jakarta's international airport, is set to arrive at Narita airport near Tokyo later in the day, according to Japanese government and Shimizu Corp. sources. The major general contractor chartered the plane, Kyodo News reported.
Shimizu decided to bring back its Japanese employees and their family members as Indonesia is experiencing a shortage of hospital beds and medical-use oxygen amid the surge.
The company plans to provide a COVID-19 vaccine to those who want one once they are back in Japan. Its remaining personnel are also due to return to the country.
On Tuesday, Indonesia reported a record increase of coronavirus infections, as the country is fighting a devastating new virus outbreak fueled by the highly contagious delta variant that has stretched parts of the health system to breaking point.
Read also: Indonesia reports record COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, orders oxygen supplies
The COVID-19 task force announced 47,899 new cases, the sixth daily record in the past 10 days and up about sevenfold from a month ago, with total infections now topping 2.6 million.
It also reported 864 new deaths on Tuesday, taking total fatalities to over 68,000.
