Indonesia expects Covid-19 cases to continue rising amid stricter curbs

Indonesia expects Covid-19 infections to keep rising for up to two weeks before curbs introduced on Saturday on more than 100 million people begin to reduce cases, a government minister said.

As it battles one of Asia's worst coronavirus outbreaks, the world's fourth-most populous nation has seen record new infections on eight of the past 12 days, with Friday bringing 25,830 cases and a record 539 deaths.

Saturday's curbs on...