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Australia will provide immediate health support to Indonesia as it battles its deadliest COVID-19 wave yet, amid growing pressure on the government to step up its response to the escalating crisis on its doorstep .
Foreign Minister Marise Payne announced on Wednesday night that medical supplies, including oxygen, as well as 2.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will be sent to the Southeast Asian nation.
Minister Payne said she spoke with her Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi earlier that day, informing him of the immediate health support.
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The package will include $12 million for oxygen-related and other medical equipment, including 1,000 ventilators, up to 700 oxygen concentrators and more than 170 oxygen cylinders, along with 40,000 test kits.