Indonesia Has 270 Million People—and One of the World’s Lowest Covid-19 Testing Rates – The Wall Street Journal

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Seven months since its first coronavirus case was reported, the world’s fourth most populous country is still largely flying blind.

Indonesia, an archipelago nation of 270 million people, has tested a smaller share of its population than every other major economy. It has conducted Covid-19 tests on eight out of every 1,000 people—fewer than less-developed Philippines, which has tested 34 people per 1,000, according to Our World in Data, a nonprofit research project based at the University of Oxford.

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