Mutated Coronavirus Strain Found in Indonesia as Cases Jump

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People wearing protective face masks and face shields walk at the park amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Jakarta, Indonesia. A more infectious mutation of the new coronavirus has been found in Indonesia, the Jakarta-based Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology said on Sunday, August 30, 2020, as the Southeast Asian country's caseload surges. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana

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Government workers wearing protective suits carry a mock-up of a coffin of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victim on the sidewalk of a main road to warn people about the dangers of the disease as the outbreak continues in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia reported 2,858 new infections on Sunday, August 30, 2020, data by the health ministry showed, below the previous day's record 3,308 but above the past month's daily average. Its total number of cases was 172,053, with 7,343 COVID-19 fatalities. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

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A doctor grieves after her husband, a doctor and chair of the West Papuan doctors' association in Indonesia, died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Makassar, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia August 27, 2020, in this picture obtained from social media. The "infectious but milder" D614G mutation of the virus has been found in genome sequencing data from samples collected by the institute, deputy director Herawati Sudoyo told Reuters, adding that more study is required to determine whether that was behind the recent rise in cases. IKATAN DOKTER INDONESIA/via REUTERS

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A worker prepares new graves at the Muslim burial area provided by the government for victims of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Pondok Ranggon cemetery complex in Jakarta, Indonesia. The strain, which the World Health Organization said was identified in February and has been circulating in Europe and the Americas, has also been found in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

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Government workers wearing protective suits prepare to carry a mock-up of a coffin of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victim to a main road for warning people about the dangers of the disease as the outbreak continues in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 28, 2020. Syahrizal Syarif, an epidemiologist with the University of Indonesia, warned Indonesians must remain vigilant, as his modelling suggests the country may see its caseload rise to 500,000 by the end of the year. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

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People wearing protective face masks sit at the park amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Jakarta, Indonesia. A more infectious mutation of the new coronavirus has been found in Indonesia, the Jakarta-based Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology said on Sunday, August 30, 2020, as the Southeast Asian country's caseload surges. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana

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