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Indonesia volcano erupts, spews red-hot lava

February 19, 2021

JAKARTA (AFP) – Indonesia’s Mount Merapi, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, erupted on Friday, belching out fiery red lava. More details in Saturday’s Borneo Bulletin.

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Country/Region	New Cases	Total Cases	Recovered	Deaths
India	17,425	11,156,748	10,824,233	157,471
Turkey	11,520	2,734,836	2,593,264	28,771
Iran	8,525	1,656,699	1,413,717	60,353
Indonesia	6,808	1,353,834	1,169,916	36,721
Jordan	5,335	407,617	355,781	4,793
Iraq	5,173	708,951	646,619	13,483
Israel	4,267	789,485	741,167	5,803
Lebanon	3,463	383,499	298,406	4,866
UAE	2,692	399,463	385,587	1,269
Palestine	2,017	189,326	169,915	2,078
Philippines	1,775	582,215	534,771	12,389
Malaysia	1,745	305,880	280,707	1,148
Kuwait	1,409	194,781	182,196	1,097
Pakistan	1,388	583,916	554,225	13,013
Japan	852	434,356	413,334	7,984
Bahrain	738	124,269	117,026	458
Kazakhstan	717	214,806	198,726	2,540
Bangladesh	614	547,930	499,627	8,428
Qatar	471	165,071	154,752	260
S. Korea	444	90,816	81,700	1,612
Armenia	360	172,816	163,906	3,202
Georgia	360	271,739	265,805	3,541
Oman	358	142,527	133,138	1,583
Sri Lanka	356	84,226	80,437	484
Saudi Arabia	331	378,333	369,277	6,510
Cyprus	323	35,620	2,057	232
Azerbaijan	319	235,333	229,143	3,230
Maldives	136	20,280	17,595	63
Nepal	87	274,381	270,605	2,778
Syrian Arab Republic	57	15,753	10,039	1,045
Kyrgyzstan	48	86,356	83,318	1,468
Uzbekistan	45	80,006	78,549	622
Thailand	35	26,108	25,483	84
Cambodia	34	878	482	0
Mongolia	32	3,032	2,360	2
Afghanistan	27	55,797	49,359	2,447
Singapore	23	59,979	59,849	29
Yemen	21	2,363	1,435	643
Myanmar	19	141,984	131,539	3,199
Hong Kong	14	11,047	10,578	200
China	10	89,933	85,111	4,636
Vietnam	10	2,482	1,898	35
Taiwan	3	958	926	9
Bhutan	0	867	865	1
Brunei	0	187	181	3
Lao People's Democratic Republic	0	45	42	0
Macao	0	48	47	0
Tajikistan	0	13,308	13,218	90
Timor-Leste	0	113	90	0