Indonesia Asks Elderly to Stay Put As Omicron Rages

Indonesia has asked people aged 60 years and above not to leave the house for the next month to avoid severe illness or death caused by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, which is spreading at a breakneck pace and is expected to peak in three or four weeks, the Jakarta Globe reported.

Data from the Ministry of Health showed more than 5.7 million people aged 60 years or over had yet to receive any vaccine for Covid-19 as of Saturday (February 5, 2022).

Read the full report: Jakarta Globe.

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Jim Pollard

Jim Pollard is an Australian journalist based in Thailand since 1999. He worked for News Ltd papers in Sydney, Perth, London and Melbourne before travelling through SE Asia in the late 90s. He was a senior editor at The Nation for 17+ years and has a family in Bangkok.