Hundreds of vaccinated healthcare workers in Indonesia get COVID

Indonesia sees fresh surge of coronavirus infections caused by variants [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following Hundreds of vaccinated healthcare workers in Indonesia get COVID [People wait in long lines to receive the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination at a soccer stadium in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, June 17, 2021.] Credit: Bukbis Candra/AP Indonesia COVID-19 More than [350 doctors]( and medical workers in Indonesia have contracted COVID-19, despite being vaccinated. At least [five doctors and a nurse have died](, and dozens of them have been hospitalized. The healthcare workers had received the Chinese-produced Sinovac shots. Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered authorities on Thursday to speed up the vaccination campaign, as the World Health Organization warned of the need to increase social restrictions in the country. 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