Testing disparity looms over Greater Jakarta`s efforts to break chain of transmission
(WorldNews Indonesia)

Shares Health authorities are demanding that Jakarta’s satellite cities follow the capital’s lead in increasing the testing capacity, as the capital deals with more and more COVID-19 infections amid relaxed restrictions and rising mobility. The number of new positive cases in Jakarta continued to exceed that of other provinces over the last few days with 462 new infections, 184 recoveries and 12 new deaths as of Tuesday. In total, the capital has seen 26,624 confirmed infections, putting it ahead of second-placed East Java, which has logged 25,917 cases. Authorities claim the high figures are due to the massive scale of testing and aggressive contact tracing the city has...