Indonesia turns to telemedicine for Covid-19 as hospitals struggle, SE Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

JAKARTA (REUTERS) – Indonesia will provide free telemedicine services to coronavirus patients with mild symptoms, its health minister said on Monday (July 5), in an effort to reduce pressure on a healthcare sector inundated by record numbers of Covid-19 cases. With records most days last week and deaths surpassing 500 on several of those, Indonesia is battling one of Asia’s worst Covid-19 epidemics, fuelled by the highly contagious Delta variant first identified in India. Remote services will be provided from Tuesday by telehealth firms such as Alodokter and Halodoc and will include free consultations and medication delivery, Health Minister Budi…