JAKARTA, Indonesia – Market traders were among the first to benefit from Indonesia’s second phase of mass vaccinations against the coronavirus on Wednesday, as the government looks to right the country’s pandemic-battered economy.
Medical teams are now focusing on workers in close contact with the public and people over 60, authorities announced, after a first phase prioritising health workers, 1.1 million of whom have been vaccinated according to the health ministry.
Indonesia’s economy — Southeast Asia’s largest — has lurched into recession during an outbreak which has infected almost 1.3 million people and killed more than 33,000, according to official data, thou…
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