Jakarta, Sept. 12 -- The Jakarta provincial government has designated 14 hospitals in South Jakarta as COVID-19 referral hospitals in the wake of mounting infection rates in the capital city.

To this end, all non-COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized at the designated hospitals would be transferred to other hospitals, Head of the South Jakarta Health Office Muhammad Helmy stated here on Saturday.

The non-referral hospitals were demanded to step up room capacity to accommodate patients from designated hospitals, he remarked.

Helmy noted that four of the 14 designated hospitals -- the Pasar Minggu, Jati Padang, Kebayoran Lama, Kebayoran Baru public hospitals -- are owned by the South Jakarta city administration.

The 10 others -- Pond...