In Indonesia, the number of newly confirmed new coronavirus infections reached a record high of nearly 48,000 on the 13th, and while the spread of the infection has not stopped, there are movements among Japanese companies to return expatriates. I will.
In Indonesia, 47,899 new infected people were confirmed on the 13th due to the spread of a mutant virus called "Delta strain", and the death toll reached 864.
The infection has spread among Japanese living in Indonesia, and according to the Japanese embassy in Indonesia, nine Japanese people, including those in their 30s and 40s, died between the 26th and the 12th of last month.
Amid the tight medical system, some local Japanese companies are moving to return expatriates and their families to Japan, mainly from major companies.On the 14th, one Japanese company chartered an aircraft on its own. It means returning the expatriates.
Satoshi Okutsu, a representative of a Japanese logistics company in the capital Jakarta, said, "I have the impression that the number of people returning to Japan after receiving an evacuation advisory from the head office this month has increased. Many people are doing it. "
Mr. Okutsu was planning to call his family next month, but he said that he had stopped hurrying, saying, "I feel lonely, but there is a high risk in the collapse of medical care in Indonesia."