Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Indonesia's daily coronavirus positivity rate dropped below the World Health Organization's (WHO) benchmark standard of 5% this week for the first time, an i
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September 6, 2021
Popular hangout spot Holywings Tavern in Kemang, South Jakarta has been ordered to shut for three days for breaching COVID-19 protocols.
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Timor-Leste will compensate people in the rare event they may be badly affected by adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccinations, the government says.
September 5, 2021
Jakarta – Indonesians expressed concerns over the security of their personal medical data Saturday after the president's coronavirus vaccine certificate was leaked and a large test app
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded 392 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, the lowest daily death toll since June 27, as the surge in newly cases also slowed down, governme
Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesian Hatimene Hura, 24, has yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19, seven months after Indonesia's inoculation programme kicked off.
September 4, 2021
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has deployed five ferries to be used as makeshift isolation facilities for Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms in several cities wi
September 3, 2021
Jakarta – A leak online of the president's COVID-19 vaccine certificate has heightened concern in Indonesia about information security, coming in the same week as a data breach affectin
Bayu Marhaenjati, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – A government digital application that tracks vaccination status of every citizen came under fire after the personal data of President J
Jakarta – The government is becoming more confident that the vaccination drive will gain momentum as it secures more doses and gains more experience in vaccinating the population.
Jakarta – The total number of active Covid-19 cases in Indonesia has been in a steep decline since its peak in mid-July and is arriving at the levels before the outbreak of the highly c
September 2, 2021
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Timor Leste's Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak has tested positive for Covid-19 amid a surge in new cases in the Catholic-majority country, a senior government offic
Antara, Jakarta – The Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono Harbuwono in a virtual press conference on Thursday said the national vaccination rate against Covid-19 underwent a rapid incr
September 1, 2021
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has administered more than 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine since the campaign began in mid-January, according to Health Ministry data released
Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – The Indonesian Health Ministry has launched a new feature in its website that allows the general public to independently monitor available Covid-19 vaccine sup
Antara, Jakarta – Griffith University epidemiologist Dicky Budiman on Tuesday urged Indonesians to not let their guard down despite government statistics seemingly show that the curve o
Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – It's a tale of two countries when it comes to Indonesia's COVID-19 situation.
August 31, 2021
Adam Prireza, Jakarta – The Jakarta Health Agency Head of Disease Prevention and Control, Dwi Oktavia, on Monday announced that the city logged 341 new Covid-19 cases from 7,657 specime
Grace Nadia Chandra, Jakarta – The Ministry of Health said in a press conference that there are indications that their Covid-19 eHAC application has been breached, following reports tha
Konradus Epa, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has met the leaders of Indonesia's six main religions to iron out ways to improve Covid-19 vaccination efforts that critics say are progres
August 30, 2021
Asrida Elisabeth, Project Multatuli – In Wamena, the city at the economic center of Papua's central highlands, a mother of two stays home to avoid contracting Covid-19.
Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – More areas of Indonesia, including the cities of Solo in Central Java and Malang in East Java, will see Covid-19 restrictions eased for a week, starting from T
Bisnis, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investments Luhut Pandjaitan on Monday reminded people to always spread factual information regarding Covid-19 to help re
Siobhan Robbins – A little round face stares out from a phone screen. Eyes alert, baby Beverly Alezha Marlein looks up at her cooing mother.
Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to join a group of only a few countries who have administered more than 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine in coming days, a government
Gemma Holliani Cahya – After almost 18 months, children in Jakarta will begin to re-enter classrooms on Monday, as Indonesia, which faces on of the worst Covid outbreaks globally, eases
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The surge in new Covid-19 cases continues to slow in Indonesia who reported the lowest daily tally in nearly three months on Monday, but famous resort island
August 29, 2021
Jakarta – The daily count of new Covid-19 cases in Indonesia continues to decline as the country recorded the lowest number in more than two months on Sunday.
Nivell Rayda, Bekasi, Indonesia – Resting on a mound of dirt on one side of an 11ha landfill in the outskirts of Jakarta, sitting side by side with discarded food packaging, broken toys
August 28, 2021
Heru Andriyanto, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a relatively low number of new Covid-19 cases on Saturday as the Delta variant outbreak seems to ease compared to
August 27, 2021
Jakarta – Indonesian drug authority has issued an emergency use authorization for the Russia-made Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik-V, early this week, as the country seeks to increase supply t
Jakarta – Indonesia on Friday recorded the lowest daily death toll in the Covid-19 outbreak since July 6 although it still has the highest fatality numbers in the world at the current s
Resty Woro Yuniar (South China Morning Post) – Isabella was left perplexed when her appointment for a free dose of the Chinese-made Sinovac vaccine was suddenly cancelled last week.
Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) cited a study from Australia that highlighted the minimum requirement for a vaccinated population to reach herd immunity based
August 26, 2021
Those who are unvaccinated make up the majority of COVID-19 deaths in Bali, the province's Health Agency said, as efforts continue to curb coronavirus transmissions on the island.
Jakarta – Indonesia is taking its vaccination drive to the sea as the world's biggest archipelago nation ramps up a bid to innoculate its huge population.
Tangguh Chairil – On July 29, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Indonesia's Coordinating Maritime and Investment Minister, made a comment that many would view as stating the obvious: "Now we und
Lenny Tristia Tambun, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The total number of beds occupied in hospitals across Indonesia has dropped significantly amid an ease in the Delta variant outbreak, Pr
Andrea Christiani and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – "William" is refusing to take a coronavirus vaccine because he fears Indonesia's military will use the country's inoculation program to poi
August 25, 2021
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Irma Hidayana, founder of independent data initiative LaporCOVID-19, deplores claims by a number of officials saying they have received third doses of Covid-19.
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin on Wednesday presented the country's vaccination performance before members of the Commission IX House of Represe
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – The health system in Catholic-majority Timor-Leste is "in danger of collapsing" following a recent spike in Covid-19 cases, while many health workers have also bee
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Indonesia's Covid-19 mortality rate was still at 3.2 percent or higher than the global average of 2.09 percent, said the Covid-19 Task Force spokesperson Wiku Adi
August 24, 2021
Rifki Nurfajri, Jakarta – The government has pledged to take care of thousands of children orphaned by the COVID-19 pandemic, amid revelations of inadequate data collection preventing t
Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that so far 90 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been injected into Indonesian citizens.
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia expects to receive 80.7 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine through government purchase and multilateral donations next month, Health Minister Budi Gu
Indonesia is reopening restaurants, malls and places of worship in some areas including the capital, Jakarta, after new coronavirus cases fell sharply from their peak and vaccinations r
Jakarta – Indonesia passed 4 million Covid-19 cases on Tuesday after recording 19,106 new cases in the past 24 hours, government figures show.
Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The government issued a new regulation regarding the enforcement of four-tiered public mobility restrictions (PPKM) on August 24-30, 2021.
August 23, 2021
Jakarta – Indonesia recorded fewer than 1,000 Covid-19 deaths for the first time in over two months on Monday while the daily count of newly cases also fell to below 10,000 as the lengt