JAKARTA -- Indonesian scientists are planning to sequence 10,000 samples of COVID-19 this year to detect variants of the virus that may be circulating around the vast archipelago.
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A healthcare worker injects a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination drive for vendors and shop keepers at Tanah Abang textile market in Jakarta on Feb 17. © EPA/Jiji
JAKARTA -- Indonesian scientists are planning to sequence 10,000 samples of COVID-19 this year to detect variants of the virus that may be circulating around the vast archipelago.