Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said the capital city has 140 Covid-19 referral hospitals as of June 17, 2021.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A weak zonal lockdown system and a lack of whole-genome-sequencing equipment to detect more transmissible new Covid-19 variants are the two main challen

A group of motorcyclists reportedly attacked a swab test facility in Surabaya, East Java this morning following widespread refusal against testing from travelers coming from neighboring

Pribadi Wicaksono (Contributor), Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta Provincial Government has scrapped its plan to enforce regional lockdown.

The body of a man who died after getting infected with the coronavirus was left lying for 14 hours in front of his house in North Jakarta's Sunter Agung area, illustrating the grim situ

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia reported on Monday (Jun 21) a record-breaking 14,536 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections nationally past the 2 million mark.

Indonesia has passed another grim milestone in its struggle against COVID-19, having topped the 2 million cases mark with the addition of 14,536 new cases today (which itself is a new d

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has told the police and regional leaders to tighten public restrictions from June 22 to July 5, following an extreme spike

Antara, Jakarta – Lambung Mangkurat University expert member on the handling of Covid-19 professor Syamsul Arifin warned that the increasing amount of coronavirus cases among children m

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said the government had reached its target to administer 700,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine as instructed by President Joko "Jo

Emma Connors, Singapore/Jakarta – President Joko Widodo's government has again resisted calls for a national lockdown despite police warning that people are ignoring limits on crowds in

Antara, Jakarta – Expert team coordinator and spokesperson for the COVID-19 Response Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, confirmed he has tested positive for the virus after traveling to regio

Jakarta – Most of the 308 health workers vaccinated with Sinovac's Coronavac vaccine in Kudus, Central Java, a district recently hit hard by the novel coronavirus Delta variant, recover

Tsarina Maharani, Jakarta – The initiator of the citizen based reporting coalition Lapor Covid-19 (Report Covid-19), Ahmad Arif, says that the public is facing the Covid-19 pandemic wit

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – Jakarta Administration recorded that the number of funerals with Covid-19 protocols in the city increased in June 2021.

Yudha Baskoro, Jakarta – Padurenan Public Cemetery in Bekasi, West Java has opened a new burial ground on Friday after a fresh wave of Covid-19 victims' bodies quickly filling up its ol

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia will receive 50 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine jointly made by Pfizer and BioNTech, with the first batch expected in August, a senior health ministr

Arlina Arshad, Singapore – The recent surge of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia was not unexpected.

Antara, Jakarta – The National Covid-19 Handling Task Force said the formation of the Covid Command Post in regencies or cities was hampered by budget distribution.

With Jakarta having just recorded the highest single-day spike in Indonesia with over 4,100 cases yesterday, Governor Anies Baswedan is now encouraging – not telling – all Jakartans to

Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ordered the Jakarta administration to fast-track the Covid-19 vaccination drive so that Indonesia's capital can reach herd immunity by Aug

Health officials in Indonesia are blaming the emergence of the Delta variant first detected in India for a massive surge in COVID-19 that has seen the number of daily new cases more tha

Jakarta – The number of coronavirus infection rose again after the Eid holiday. We can't simply hope for improvements to government policy.

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta Health Agency's Head of the Disease Prevention and Control Unit, Dwi Oktavia, said 84 percent of the isolation beds for Covid-19 patients have been

Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia's president ordered authorities to speed up the country's vaccination campaign as the World Health Organization warned Thursday of the need to increase so

Jakarta (Reuters) – More than 350 Indonesian doctors and healthcare workers have contracted Covid-19 despite being vaccinated with Sinovac and dozens have been hospitalised, officials s

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Police Chief Gen. Mohammad Fadli Imran on Thursday said that the increase of Covid-19 case in the capital city is alarming.

Amy Sood – Live chickens are being given away by local authorities in rural Indonesia as an incentive for older residents to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas banned religious activities in areas categorized as Covid-19 red zone until they are declared safe from the virus t

West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has urged tourists to stay away from the Bandung Raya region, also known as the Bandung Metropolitan Area, as the region elevates its alertness for COVID

Inge Klara Safitri, Jakarta – The Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital in Jakarta added 2,000 beds to accommodate Covid-19 patients. The hospital's coordinator, Maj. Gene.

Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – The Delta variant of coronavirus, which is first identified in India, has already spread in Indonesia.

Dili – Timor Leste's Prime Minister, Taur Matan Ruak, on Wednesday acknowledged the prestige of Cuba's biopharmaceutical industry, which has won international awards for products develo

Jakarta – The government urges the public to pay more attention than ever to health protocols, as several regions are seeing drastic surge in Covid-19 cases.

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Epidemiologist from the Griffith University of Australia, Dicky Budiman, asked the government to be aware of the spread of the Covid-19 delta variant (B.1.617.2)

Jakarta's Wisma Atlet makeshift COVID-19 quarantine facility is struggling to admit an ever-increasing number of patients, its spokesman confirmed, as the capital's caseload continues t

Hussein Abri, Jakarta – National Awakening Party (PKB) politician Luqman Hakim said that the rising number of Covid-19 cases across Indonesian regions can be attributed to a number of g

Indonesia expects a new wave of coronavirus infections will peak in early July, as the highly transmissible delta variant becomes more dominant in some areas and with the occupancy of h

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – The government has extended micro-scale restrictions on community activities, known as PPKM Mikro, until June 28 across Indonesia in an attempt to stem the spread

Antara, Jakarta – At least 20,044,187 Indonesians have received the first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Saturday, according to the COVID-19 Handling Task Force.

Jakarta – Jakarta Provincial Government has now allowed foreign nationals older than 18 to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in the city's free immunization program in a race to protect In

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Center for Indonesia's Strategic Development Initiatives (CISDI), released its latest survey report on Covid-19 situations in Tanjung Priok Distr

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria appealed to residents of the capital city to stay vigilant as COVID-19 cases are raging again.

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) Commission IX Deputy Chairman, Charles Honoris, urged the central government to "pull the emergency brake" in a bid to suppress

Dengue fever infections dropped dramatically in an Indonesian study where a bacteria was introduced into disease-carrying mosquitoes, offering hope in the battle against an illness that

Reuters – A jump in coronavirus cases on Indonesia's two most populous islands has health experts worried the worst could be yet to come, with few curbs on movement at a time when dange

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) announced on Thursday that they managed to collect Rp1.1 billion-worth of health protocol violation fines from January 10

Indonesia has been bracing for an expected surge in COVID-19 cases following the Eid holiday in mid-May, and anyone hoping for some positivity might be glad to learn that, according to

The true mammoth task of vaccinating Indonesia's entire eligible population against COVID-19 is set to begin in a few weeks, with the Health Ministry announcing that nationwide rollout

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