In Indonesia, where the number of people infected with the new coronavirus is the highest in Southeast Asia, 555 people died on the 4th, the highest number ever per day.
At hospitals around the world, the medical system is becoming more and more tight, such as the lack of medical oxygen.
In Indonesia, due to the spread of the mutant virus "Delta strain" confirmed in India, it was confirmed that 27,233 new people were infected and 555 people died on the 4th, which is the number of deaths per day. It became the most up to.
As of the 3rd, about 80% of the beds for treatment of infected people are filled in the whole country, and up to 92% in Jakarta, the capital city where the infection is the most serious. We are approaching a disaster. "
At the Yogyakarta hospital in central Java, 63 people who had been treated died between the 3rd and 4th, and the government was in a critical situation due to lack of medical oxygen. I requested.
The government says that the demand for medical oxygen has increased five-fold nationwide, and is rushing to secure it by allocating it from industrial use.
Approximately 1,900 Japanese companies have set up operations in Indonesia, but due to the tight medical system, there are a series of movements to return expatriates and their families to Japan.