Indonesia turns train carriages into Covid-19 hospital amid surge in cases
30 January 2021 |
1:34 pm
Local authorities in Indonesian city of Madiun in Java island convert 24 train carriages into emergency medical facilities for Covid-19 patients amid a surge in infection cases. The Southeast Asian country has passed one million mark as the government launches one of the world's biggest vaccine drives to clamp down on a soaring infection rate.
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