In Indonesia, coronavirus floods Cisadane River with extra hazard: Medical waste | Malay Mail

Tuesday, 01 Sep 2020 09:23 AM MYT

The double threat for those who depend on the 138-kilometre-long river to bathe and wash their clothes comes as Indonesia has struggled to contain Covid-19, now with the highest death toll in Southeast Asia, and in the past week almost 3,000 new infections a day. Like countries around the world, Indonesia has seen the pandemic bring a huge increase in medical waste, an issue that has raised concern in places from Spain to Thailand and India.

Indonesia's health ministry acknowledged the problem — saying 1,480 tons of Covid-19 medical waste was produced across the country from March through June — and admitted the country lacked treatment facilities, but was working on solutions.

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