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People sit on designated areas decided by red cross marks to ensure social distancing inside a light rapid transit train in Palembang, South Sumatra on March 20, 2020, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.. (AFP Photo)
Indonesia has confirmed 81 new coronavirus cases and 6 more deaths, bringing the total number of cases to 450 and deaths to 38, a health ministry official told reporters on Saturday.
This comes a day after the governor of Jakarta declared a state of emergency in the Indonesian capital for the next two weeks over the coronavirus outbreak as the death toll in the country climbed to the highest in Southeast Asia.
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