Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia's state-owned pharmaceutical company Kimia Farma is delaying a plan to sell Covid-19 vaccines after public backlash against the move.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Indonesian minister Luhut Pandjaitan said he expected the COVID-19 curve to flatten and the situation to improve by next week, as the country is battling a surge

Hendro Situmorang, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported another record-breaking daily numbers of Covid-19 cases which for the first time surpassed the 40,000 mark on Monday, th

Rifki Nurfajri, Jakarta – State-owned pharmaceutical company PT Kimia Farma delayed the rollout of its privately paid COVID-19 vaccine program on Monday, a day after announcing it would

Around 45 COVID-19 patients in self-isolation die in Jakarta each day while many more have died nationwide, Lapor COVID-19 said today, illustrating the severity of the country's healthc

Jakarta – University of Indonesia epidemiologist Pandu Riono along with several other colleagues from the Vaccine for All Coalition is garnering support from the public through an onlin

Grace Sihombing – Indonesia's state-owned pharmaceutical company PT Kimia Farma will start selling vaccines to the public on Monday as the country seeks to accelerate inoculations and a

Anyone from the Greater Jakarta Area commuting to the capital proper must, starting today, have a Worker Registration Certificate (STRP) in hand, with checks for the document already se

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia has been grappling with a surge in COVID-19 infections for the past few weeks, consistently recording more than 30,000 new daily cases.

Jakarta – University of Indonesia epidemiologist Pandu Riono is questioning the grounds for the government changing the emergency Enforcement of Restrictions on Public Activities (PPKM)

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

Singapore – Tri Wahyono was trying to keep it together.

Just two months ago, Indonesia was coming to a gasping India's aid with thousands tanks of oxygen.

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

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 – 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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 – 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

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Timor-Leste has stepped up efforts to seal its border with neighboring Indonesia to prevent the entry of the Covid-19 Delta strain, a variant the country's top chu

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

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

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

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

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

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'

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 – 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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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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).

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