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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo waxed lyrical on Monday about his administration’s success in overturning last year’s disastrous wave of Covid-19 infections as he symbolically opened the first day of 2022 trading at the bourse amid a spike in Omicron cases.
The latest on the coronavirus outbreak for January 3rd.
South America is currently the region most vaccinated against COVID-19 in the world, with 63.3% of the population having received at least one dose of a vaccine, Our World In Data reported Jan. 3.
According to the health ministry, more than 1.6 million doses were given on Thursday (December 30), bringing the total to more than 150.93 million doses, just six weeks after the country hit the 100 million mark on November 16.
Thousands of flights were canceled or delayed on Monday as omicron cases surged around the world.