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FILE - This undated electron microscope file image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. A Chinese mining company in Papua New Guinea claims to have immunized employees against COVID-19 in an apparent vaccination trial, a newspaper reported on Friday., Aug. 21, 2020. A document on company letterhead entitled “Vaccination Statement” said 48 Chinese employees “have been vaccinated with SARS-COV-2 vaccine” on Aug. 10. (NIAID-RML via AP, File)

PNG demands China explain COVID-19 vaccine trial on miners

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

2 strong earthquakes shake western Indonesia; no tsunami

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A mother, right, and her daughter, center, wear face masks to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus as they use free wifi to access an online lesson inside a temporary tent in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. In some areas of the country, students are still yet to go to school due to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Indonesia takes part in late-stage China vaccine trial

By EDNA TARIGAN and VICTORIA MILKO - Associated Press

Mount Sinabung spews volcanic materials into the air as it erupts, in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. The rumbling volcano erupted Monday, sending a column of volcanic materials a few thousands meters into the sky. Sinabung is among more than 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific &quot;Ring of Fire,&quot; an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin. (AP Photo/Sugeng Nuryono)

Indonesia’s Sinabung volcano ejects towering column of ash

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Parishioners wearing masks as a measure to prevent the spread of COVID19 pray during a Mass at the Our Lady of Consolation Parish on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020, in Quezon city, Philippines. Coronavirus infections in the Philippines continues to surge Sunday as medical groups declared the country was waging &quot;a losing battle&quot; against the contagion and asked the president to reimpose a lockdown in the capital. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines virus cases top 100,000 in ‘losing battle’

By JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA - Associated Press

A man checks his mobile phone near rows of closed shops following months of lockdown due to the new coronavirus outbreak, in Bali, Indonesia on Monday, July 27, 2020. Indonesia has the highest number of coronavirus cases in Southeast Asia. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Confirmed coronavirus cases surpass 100,000 in Indonesia

By EDNA TARIGAN and VICTORIA MILKO - Associated Press

This aerial photo taken using a drone shows an area affected by flash floods in Luwu Utara, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. A number of people were killed and missing after heavy rains in South Sulawesi province swelled rivers and sent flood waters, mud and debris across roads and into thousands of homes. (AP Photo/Khaizuran Muchtamir)

Death toll in Indonesia flash floods rises to 32; 16 missing

By EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press

Indonesia jails 2 police in acid attack on graft official

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Villagers wade through mud at an area affected by flash flood in Baebunta, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. The flash flood left a number of people dead and missing, an official said Tuesday. (AP Photo)

Rescuers looking for 23 missing in deadly Indonesia floods

By EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press

People walk on debris at an area affected by flash flood in Masamba, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Rescuers on Wednesday were searching for missing people after heavy rains in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province swelled rivers and send floodwaters, mud and debris across roads and into thousands of homes. (AP Photo/Khaizuran Muchtamir)

Death toll in Indonesia flash flood rises to 21; 2 missing

By EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press

Villagers wade through mud at an area affected by flash flood in Baebunta, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. The flash flood left a number of people dead and missing, an official said Tuesday. (AP Photo)

Flash flood kills 16 in Indonesia, 23 still missing

By EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press

People move away as health workers fumigate a slum to prevent an outbreak of dengue fever in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Monday, March 23, 2020. While 2019 was the worst year on record for global dengue cases, experts fear an even bigger surge is possible because their efforts to combat it were hampered by restrictions imposed in the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Dengue prevention efforts stifled by coronavirus pandemic

By VICTORIA MILKO and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL - Associated Press

A worker walks among graves at a special cemetery for people who presumably died of COVID-19 at a cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia Friday, June 12, 2020. As Indonesia’s virus death toll rises, the world’s most populous Muslim country finds itself at odds with protocols put in place by the government to handle the bodies of victims of the pandemic. This has led to increasing incidents of bodies being taken from hospitals, rejection of COVID-19 health and safety procedures, and what some experts say is a lack of communication from the government. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Burial traditions clash with coronavirus safety in Indonesia

By NINIEK KARMINI and VICTORIA MILKO - Associated Press

A security guard checks the body temperature of children at a temple amid new coronavirus outbreak in Bali, Indonesia Saturday, July 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Bali island begins to reopen after 3-month virus lockdown

By FIRDIA LISNAWATI - Associated Press

Deep undersea earthquake widely felt in Indonesia, no damage

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At least 2 dead, 7 missing in boat capsizing in Indonesia

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Tri Novia Septiani cries during an online memorial service marking the 40th day since the death of her fiance Dr. Michael Robert Marampe who died of COVID-19, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 5, 2020. Marampe knew what he wanted to be since he was a kid: a doctor and a pianist. He became both, and his passion for music even led him to Septiani - a woman he never got to marry because he got the coronavirus. Marampe became one of dozens of doctors the coronavirus has claimed so far in Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Lives Lost: Indonesian doctor’s musical passion led to love

By EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press

A man reacts as a health worker collects nasal swab samples from him during a mass test for the new coronavirus at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, June 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesia surpasses 50,000 virus cases as business resumes

By NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press

Strong earthquake shakes eastern Indonesia; no casualties

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Indonesia’s most volatile volcano spews ash in new eruption

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