Indonesia warns COVID-19 cases may not peak until July as hospitals fill

Indonesia expects a new wave of coronavirus infections will peak in early July, as the highly transmissible delta variant becomes more dominant in some areas and with the occupancy of hospitals in Jakarta hitting 75%, officials said. COVID-19 infections in the world's fourth most populous country have been on the rise in recent weeks since holidays at the end of the Muslim fasting month, when millions flouted restrictions to travel across the archipelago. The delta variant was now 'more dominant' in areas like Jakarta and other parts of Java, Health minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin told a news conference on Monday.