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Indonesia heads to polls amid Covid-19 surge

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Depok/Denpasar/Medan, Dec 9 (EFE/EPA).- Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world, holds municipal elections on Wednesday despite an increase in Covid-19 infections in recent weeks that has taken the total to more than half a million cases and 18,000 deaths.The biggest fear is that the elections, which were postponed in September due to the novel coronavirus crisis, could lead to an even greater number of infections in the archipelago, where the health system is already under great pressure. (Camera: ADI WEDA/BAGUS INDAHONO/MADE NAGI/DEDI SINUHAJI). SHOT LIST: VOTERS CAST THEIR BALLOTS AT POLLING STATIONS IN DEPOK, DENPASAR AND MEDAN, INDONESIA.

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