270 million people live in Indonesia, less than six percent of them are fully vaccinated so far.
The Delta variant is now ensuring that the country becomes the center of the pandemic.
Jakarta - The corona situation in Indonesia is worsening.
On Wednesday, health officials reported more than 54,000 new infections within 24 hours - more than ever since the pandemic began.
A month ago the number was less than 10,000.
The Southeast Asian island nation is now “the global center” of the virus crisis, reported the newspaper “Jakarta Globe”.
Indonesia has now even overtaken India, where the numbers are declining and around 38,000 cases were confirmed on Wednesday.
The capital Jakarta on the main island of Java is particularly badly affected.
At the beginning of July, the government had already imposed stricter measures for Java and the famous tourist island of Bali and further tightened the entry rules.
So far, however, the measures have not shown any success.
The main reason is the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant, which, according to the authorities, now accounts for 90 percent of all new infections.
At the end of June, the Red Cross had warned of a collapse of the health system in the fourth most populous country on earth. 270 million people live in Indonesia. In total, more than 2.6 million corona cases have been confirmed so far. More than 69,000 people have died in connection with Covid-19. According to Our World in Data statistics, less than six percent of the population is fully vaccinated so far. dpa