COVID-19 has not only strained the health of many survivors but also their relationships with friends and neighbors.

Coordinating Legal, Political, and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD encouraged artists and cultural practitioners in the region to campaign for public adherence to health protocols d

Epidemiologists have raised concerns over the increasing number of COVID-19 cases, which has led to a crisis at health facilities following the country's consecutive long weekends that

Bogor municipality in West Java has imposed a curfew to limit out-of-home activities at night after health authorities confirmed an increasing trend in COVID-19 cases across the city.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration reported 1,114 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the capital's highest one-day total so far.

Georgia Simcox For Mailonline – A mutated coronavirus strain which is said to be 10 times more infectious has been found in Indonesia as cases in the country surge.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Red Cross has only about 20 percent of its usual stock of blood because of a decline in blood donations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jakarta – Pandu Riono found himself a target of a cyber-attack following his criticism towards the government for the latter's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The Agriculture Ministry will revise a 2020 ministerial decree that lists marijuana as a "medicinal plant" under the ministry's supervision.

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Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The government was advised to implement partial lockdown in the regions with a high rate of Covid-19 transmission.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Advocacy and Justice Action Campaign (AKSI) community admits that it is disappointed by an Agriculture Ministry (Kepmentan) decision to revise a 2020 ministeria

James Massola and Karuni Rompies – Indonesia has reported 3,003 coronavirus infections, a single-day record for Australia's near-neighbour.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Health authorities confirmed 3,003 new COVID-19 cases in Indonesia on Friday, bringing the official nationwide count to 165,887.

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Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Epidemiologist at the University of Indonesia, Syahrizal Syarif, reminded the Jakarta government to seriously mitigate the Covid-19 pandemic in the capital city.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Health Ministry confirmed 2,719 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, another new one-day high.

Rebecca Ratcliffe – Infecting mosquitoes with a naturally occurring bacteria dramatically reduces their ability to transmit dengue, according to a breakthrough study that could pave the

Keerti Gedela, Evi Sukmaningrum and Irwanto – The nation with the world's fourth-largest population, Indonesia, has become a target of criticism for its poor COVID-19 mitigation respons

Jakarta – Ninety-three students of the Darussalam Blokagung Banyuwangi Islamic Boarding School in East Java have tested positive of COVID-19.

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Jakarta – Gravediggers working at two public cemeteries designated for COVID-19 victims in Surabaya, East Java, have reportedly buried some 1,500 bodies since the pandemic started.

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – The Jakarta Covid-19 mitigation task force confirmed that this week's Covid-19 positivity rate in the city reached 10 percent, up from the previous 9.6 p

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The daily rise of coronavirus cases in Jakarta reached a new high on Wednesday, the third time this month the capital city broke its own record as a surge in

Sania Mashabi, Jakarta – Association of Indonesian Public Health Experts (IAKMI) board member Hermawan Saputra says that it is not the right time for the government to reopen cinemas wh

Jakarta – Indonesia has seen an increase in its COVID-19 positivity rate – the percentage of those tested found to be infected – in the past month, COVID-19 task force spokesperson Wiku

Antara, Jakarta – The occupancy rate of ICU or intensive care unit beds in 67 Covid-19 referral hospitals in Jakarta has reached 71 percent as of Sunday, August 23.

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia aims to produce 70 per cent of its medical supplies domestically as COVID-19 has served as a timely reminder that it is important to be self-reliant, s

Health authorities in Batam, Riau Islands have located the woman who allegedly smeared her own face with the saliva of a deceased COVID-19 patient.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 99 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday, the highest daily death toll in the outbreak since July 23.

Jakarta – The COVID-19 task force in Depok, West Java, has claimed that newly-emerged "office clusters" outside the city had contributed to the rising number of coronavirus cases in Dep

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economic front is not timely and lacks focus compared with other countries that fare better,

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Breaking the chain of transmission is key to containing the COVID-19 outbreak, but in Indonesia, contact tracing remains weak due to problems ranging from an

Jenny Lei Ravelo, Manila – Recently, Indonesian President Joko Widodo expressed hopes of a novel coronavirus vaccine being available to the Indonesian population by 2021.

Health authorities in Batam, Riau Islands are looking for a woman who allegedly smeared her own face with the saliva of a deceased COVID-19 patient, with concerns mounting that she may

Jakarta – Indonesia's response to the COVID-19 outbreak has not been successful, an epidemiologist from Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta, Bayu Satria Wiratama, has said.

Kissing or touching one's forehead to the hand of an elder is a traditional show of respect in many parts of Indonesia, but it reportedly led to the emergence of a COVID-19 cluster in t

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia added 2,037 cases on Sunday to continue a run of more than 2,000 cases per day for the fourth day in a row.

Mataram City (West Nusa Tenggara) – An Indonesian woman's baby died in her womb after Covid-19 test requirements delayed the labour care she needed, her family said.

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Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Indonesia surpassed the 150,000 mark on Saturday as new cases have been surging by at least 2,000 for three conse

Jakarta – The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) revealed that at least 86 doctors had died of COVID-19 since the new coronavirus began wreaking havoc in the country.

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The World Health Organization (WHO) and a business group have urged local administrations to maintain strict control of tourism businesses and a strong stance

Jayanty Nada Shofa/Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Jakarta Tourism and Creative Economy Department decided to put off the reopening of movie theaters, only hours after reports that cinemas

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of cured or discharged Covid-19 patients in Indonesia crosses the 100,000 mark on Thursday, while confirmed cases of infection continue to surge.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 2,197 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, mainly due to surging cases in the worst-affected provinces of Jakarta and Ea

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – While most of Asian countries have been past their peak in the coronavirus outbreak – despite some of them seeing a second wave – Indonesia keeps an upward tr

Tom Allard, Kate Lamb, Jakarta/Sydney – Only last week Luhut Pandjaitan, Indonesia's maritime minister and close confidant of the country's president, touted herbal mangosteen juice as

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated on Wednesday 17 new members of the Indonesian Medical Council (KKI), albeit to the dismay of medical workers associat