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Uncertainties surrounding the vaccine candidates being procured by the government and the emergence of new, more infectious strains of COVID-19 have raised questions about Indonesia's upcoming vaccination drive.
Unlike neighboring Singapore, Indonesia has not detected the new SARS-CoV-2 variant first discovered in the United Kingdom, but that may be due to the country’s lack of genomic and molecular monitoring, a minister has said.
A recent discussion on environmental health issues and policies has said that Indonesia should do more to implement the One Health approach to prevent and mitigate future outbreaks of zoonotic diseases.
The prospect of getting reinfected with COVID-19 -- and getting even sicker the second time around -- could have a significant impact on how governments chart the path out of the pandemic. In particular, reinfections may render the idea of herd immunity -- that is, a sufficiently high percentage of people eventually becoming immune to COVID-19 -- unrealistic.
China rushed Tuesday to test an entire city of nine million people within days after a minor coronavirus outbreak in the sprawling country, a far cry from the struggle in Europe to tackle surging infections with tough new steps including partial lockdowns.
Get well messages for US President Donald Trump poured in from foreign capitals on Friday after he and his wife tested positive for the coronavirus, but some had little sympathy for a leader whose response to the pandemic has been widely criticized.
