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    Indonesia Now Has The Most Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In Southeast Asia

    Health experts say low rates of testing and refusal to enact strict lockdowns have allowed the virus to infiltrate all 34 provinces of the archipelago nation.
    by Ashley Westerman Apr 17, 2020 1 minute
    Indonesians at a traditional market in Bekasi, West Java, on Thursday appear to be ignoring social distancing rules the government put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

    Indonesia now has the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in all of Southeast Asia, according to numbers released by the government on Friday.

    The Health Ministry in Jakarta reports 5,923 positive cases — following the country's largestCOVID-19 has killed 520 people in Indonesia. In the region, only China, where the novel coronavirus originated, has a higher death toll.

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