Indonesia's COVID-19 cases pass 1-million mark amid vaccination drive

Jan 27,2021
Indonesia has registered more than one million confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the first coronavirus infection was confirmed in the country in March last year, amid the current vaccination drive.
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