Indonesia's transition to new normal marked by people partying, avoiding tests and hijacking Covid-19 bodies

JAKARTA - Indonesia is facing an uphill challenge during a transition period towards a new normal in many cities as people joined crowds, disobeyed health protocols, and resisted mass testing for the coronavirus.

More than a hundred family members and neighbours in Ambon city, Maluku province, on Friday intercepted an ambulance - guarded by two police officers - carrying the body of a 58-year-old former parliamentarian en route to a designated gravesite for people with Covid-19. Medical staff accompanied by hospital security officers who later visited the mourning family's home to apply a Covid-19 burial procedure were told to leave.

On Friday , East Java surpassed Jakarta's number of total infections for the first time after the province, with a population of more than 40 million, recorded 10,901 total infections compared with the capital's 10,796. Based on the past week's increments of cases, the second wave could be larger than the first that ended in mid-May, Riauonline reported, citing Mr Mulyadi, spokesman for Pekanbaru's Covid-19 task force.

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