Indonesia loosens Covid restrictions despite record deaths

World Health Organization has called on government to impose tighter virus curbs

Indonesia's government has said small businesses and some shopping malls can reopen despite warnings that loosening curbs could spark another Covid wave.

President Joko Widodo said measures imposed in early July would continue until 2 August as the Delta variant spreads across the country, which has been overtaking India and Brazil as the world's virus epicentre.