Jakarta – Almost half of Jakarta's 10 million population has had Covid-19 at a point in time since the pandemic began last year, a serology survey revealed on Saturday, stoking hopes th

Jakarta – Indonesia held a moment of silence on Saturday morning to remember the lives lost to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Jakarta – The National Defense Forces (TNI) recruited thousands of medical and non-medical volunteers at the TNI Headquarters in Jakarta on Saturday as vaccinators and administrative of

Antara, Jakarta – The government has set the price for Sinopharm complete vaccination at Rp879,140 per person, said the spokesperson of the Health Ministry's COVID-19 Vaccination Siti N

Jakarta – Soon environmental destruction is on the same level as genocide and will come under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – The government has announced a plan to give nearly 1.5 million health workers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from United States pharmaceutical firm Moderna as a

Adi Kurniawan, Jakarta (Reuters) – As Indonesia struggles to tackle a devastating surge in COVID-19 infections, authorities in Jakarta have deployed teams of health workers to drive aro

Singapore – Entry approvals for travellers from Indonesia to Singapore who are not citizens or permanent residents here will be reduced with immediate effect, said the Ministry of Healt

Zena Chamas, Farid M Ibrahim and Max Walden – Each night, Tara McGowan hears ambulances drive past her home every 10 minutes.

Foreigners in Bali are making headlines in Indonesia (yet again) this week amid tighter COVID-19 restrictions in the province, the group of which include the somewhat expected mask rule

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Assistance from neighboring countries began trickling into Indonesia on Friday, as Singapore and Australia sent medical equipment and oxygen supplies, with more

Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – Police have arrested three people in Indonesia's East Kalimantan province for attacking a Protestant church.

Jakarta – No matter how impolite it is, criticism of the government from students must not be muzzled.

Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta and Rebecca Ratcliffe – From her home in Pamekasan, East Java, Dr Ratna Hermawati can hear the names of the dead echoing out across her neighbourhood.

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Hospitals across the Indonesian island of Java are running out of oxygen, medicines, beds and even staff as a sharp rise in Covid cases pushes the countr

Jakarta (AFP) – Indonesians have ignored warnings against stocking up on a "miracle cure" for Covid-19 backed by leading politicians and social media influencers, as an out-of-control v

A'an Suryana and Nur Syafiqah Mohd Taufek – Facing a sentence that will see him behind bars till 2025, radical cleric Habib Rizieq Shihab will face problems bouncing back from the polit

Like a broken record, the Jakarta Provincial Government is urging people to stay at home amid a devastating surge in COVID-19 cases, which saw the capital exceed 100,000 active cases as

Claire Jiao, Grace Sihombing and Haslinda Amin – Indonesia's finance minister expects the budget deficit to stay elevated next year as the nation's worst coronavirus surge hampers the r

Natasya Salim and Erwin Renaldi – It's been nine days since mother-of-four Seli Aisyah went to visit her parents, despite being warned not to.

Jakarta (Agencies) – The lead scientist on China's Sinovac vaccine trials in Indonesia died of suspected COVID-19 on Wednesday, Indonesian media said.

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – The Jakarta provincial government on Thursday has launched a mobile Covid-19 vaccination program, which utilizes specifically-built trucks, in order to boost the

Jakarta – Ivermectin is being promoted by a number of politicians and businesspeople as an effective treatment against the coronavirus.

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Communications and Informatics Ministry spokesperson Dedy Permadi in a written statement on Thursday explained about the arrival of international

Natasia Christy Wahyuni, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The government confirmed on Thursday the highly transmissible Delta variant is the main culprit behind the ongoing dramatic spike in

Jakarta (Antara) – Indonesia became the world's third biggest contributor of Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, 7 July 2021.

Jakarta – Volunteer groups are calling on the government to take decisive action against the ongoing COVID-19 surge, which has crippled the country's healthcare system, to prevent the l

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Metro Jaya Police Inspector General Mohammad Fadli Imran on Thursday announced the arrest of three groups hoarding Ivermectin and medical oxygen tanks

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Dozens of Presidential Security Detail (Paspampres) personnel reportedly flocked the West Jakarta Police borough on Wednesday evening intending to look fo

Mentari Dwi G/Suharto, Jakarta – The police fired water cannon to disperse crowds in front of Plaza Kenari Mas in Central Jakarta on Tuesday as part of the stringent measures to uphold

Chris Barrett, Singapore – For days, as Indonesia's hospitals have buckled, oxygen has run low and COVID-19 infections and deaths have soared to record levels, the Indonesian President'

Joining the plethora of venues opening up for COVID-19 jabs in the capital, MRT Jakarta is launching a vaccination drive tomorrow targeting those who still have to be on the move despit

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – An attack that saw a man vandalize and attempt to burn down a Protestant church in Indonesia last month was the act of a mentally ill individual and not a case of

James Guild – COVID-19 has battered Indonesian flag carrier Garuda's revenue and sent earnings plunging, causing trading of the airline's shares to be halted recently after a bond defau

Jakarta (Agencies) – Indonesia expanded nationwide coronavirus curbs Wednesday to battle its deadliest COVID-19 wave yet, as the death toll rocketed with the government warning that the

Chris Barrett, Singapore – Australia will send 2.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Indonesia as well as testing kits and ventilators as part of a $12 million package for oxy

Jakarta – Indonesia's major online marketplace companies, including Shopee and Tokopedia, have cracked down on sellers on their platform, which set prices of drugs and vitamins to treat

Robert Campion – In Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country, a humanitarian disaster is unfolding similar to what occurred in India in late May.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – A shortage of beds, oxygen supply and ventilators in Indonesia has left doctors with the dreadful decision of who among their Covid-19 patients will live and w

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jeis Montesori, Jakarta – The government is considering imposing more stringent Covid-19 rules outside Java and Bali islands as the country faces its worst coronavir

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Public Health is calling on the government to apologise over the state of the Covid-19 pandemic which they say is getting out of control.

Fitria Chusna Farisa, Jakarta – Presidential Staff Office (KSP) Principle Expert Ade Irfan Pulungan says that there is no urgent need to ask President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to resign fr

Jakarta – Transparency International (TI) has sent a letter to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo asking him to cancel the dismissal of non-active Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in

Jakarta – At a workshop located in a Jakarta cemetery, coffin maker Olaskar Purba and his team are hard at work.

Jakarta – Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto seems to have put the controversy over the whopping arms procurement budget behind him, as he recently toured France and Germany to forge mil

Beaches across Bali have been closed in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus, amid tightened restrictions imposed in a number of regions in Indonesia to curb a new and deadly COV

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia's daily COVID-19 infections could go up to 40,000, said Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Pandjaitan on Tuesday (Jul 6).

In a press conference yes

Authorities in North Jakarta raided a cafe that remained open despite tightened restrictions, with four people, including an employee, testing positive for COVID-19.