Indonesia needs to urgently increase medical care, testing and vaccinations as the number of new infections in the country has rapidly increased and left it “on the edge of a Covid-19 catastrophe,” the Red Cross has warned.

According to AP, the group said its coronavirus hospital in Bogor, outside of Jakarta, was “overflowing” and emergency tents had been set up to be able to house more patients. It was a similar scene at other hospitals near the capital, including the Bekasi city hospital that had 90 per cent of its beds filled.

“We are seeing record number of infections, but every statistic is a person who is suffering, grieving or struggling to support the people they love,” Sudirman Said, secretary general of Indonesian Red Cross, said in a statement. “Our medical teams are providing lifesaving care, with hospitals full to the brim and oxygen supplies critically low.”

Indonesia has seen more than 2.1 million coronavirus cases since the pandemic began and more than 57,500 deaths — the highest in Southeast Asia.