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Indonesia: Loose restrictions could send COVID-19 death toll surging

Jakarta recently imposed restrictions on public life to tackle the spread of COVID-19. But a shortage in tests, combined with a lack of enforcement and hazy data figures plague Indonesia's management of the pandemic.

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