Indonesia is a new COVID-19 epicentre. The peak has yet to come.

As the second wave crashes through the fourth most populated country in the world, the government of Indonesia and its citizens are struggling to respond. Competing priorities and delayed vaccination campaigns and lockdowns, among other issues, have created a dire situation. Conditions will likely get worse for many before they can improve, experts say. With more than 49,000 confirmed cases a day, Indonesia is now a major epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with Brazil and the United Kingdom, which are reporting 47,091 and 23,811 cases a day respectively.