FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks walk on a road during rush hour as the government extends restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 21, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
December 16, 2021
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has identified its first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant, the country’s health minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on Thursday.
The case was detected on Wednesday evening and was an employee at the Wisma Atlet hospital in Jakarta.
(Reporting by Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Fransiska Nangoy; Editing by Ed Davies)
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