Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Hana Puspita never thought that she would become a COVID-19 patient, until she and 20 of her relatives tested positive for the viral disease in July.

Jakarta – Medical workers treating COVID-19 patients in Jakarta have yet to receive the financial incentives promised by the government since March, after the country recorded its first

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

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Medical experts have criticised the unsolicited involvement of Indonesia's intelligence unit (BIN) and army in efforts to find a cure for Covid-19, sayi

Heru Andriyanto, Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Jakarta crossed 30,000 while the total number of Covid-19 deaths also exceeded 1,000 on Tuesday as the capita

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The government is mulling over a plan to develop "medical tourism" in the country in a bid to provide high quality health care to the public and create a n

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have arrested six medical workers for allegedly facilitating illegal abortions at a clinic in the Raden Saleh area in Central Jakarta.

Ahmad Faiz, Jakarta – The declaration of the action to save Indonesia coalition or Koalisi Aksi Menyelamatkan Indonesia (KAMI) committee chair, Ahmad Yani, announced that committee memb

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia added 1,821 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Monday to bring its total to 141,370, with several provinces not considered as hotspots seeing a t

Jakarta – An expert staffer to State Secretary Pratikno has tested positive for COVID-19, an official has said.

Dili, Timor Leste – Timor-Leste Red Cross (CVTL) is urgently ramping up COVID-19 prevention in remote areas bordering Indonesia as the country's containment success is threatened after

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has instructed his subordinates to prepare for a possible baby boom in the capital in the next few months as a result of the

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Antara, Jakarta – More than 1,800 people have applied to become volunteers in the landmark clinical trial of a vaccine against coronavirus in Bandung, West Java.

Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – A surge in coronavirus cases in Jakarta has driven up hospital occupancy, with 70 percent of ICU beds for Covid-19 patients already occupied, the city's Health

Jakarta – All COVID-19 patients from the Army's Officer Candidate School (Secapa) cluster in Bandung, West Java, have recovered, the Army announced on Saturday.

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Airlangga Universitry rector Muhammad Nasih has touted the potential coronavirus remedies the university is currently developing in collaboration with sev

Jakarta – Approximately 289 children below 19 years old have been infected with COVID-19 in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua, an official has said, arguing that the virus tran

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Coronavirus is still raging on in Indonesia with 2,345 new cases on Saturday to bring the total number of confirmed cases to 137,468, including 6,071 deaths.

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – There has been an increase in the occupancy rate of COVID-19 isolation wards and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds over the past two weeks in Jakarta, with more th

Jakarta – Depok city in West Java has seen an increase in COVID-19 household clusters as the city continues to ease restrictions, Depok Health Agency head Novarita said.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The nation's capital has extended the transitional phase of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) a fourth time, for another two weeks starting Friday, as Jak

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 2,307 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Friday to take the country's total to 135,123, amid a worrying trend in West Java that saw a s

Jakarta – Thirty medical and non-medical staff working for community health centers (Puskesmas) in Bogor city, West Java, have tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the local administr

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Dion Bisara, Vento Saudale, Jakarta – The World Health Organization has warned that Indonesia may risk increasing local Covid-19 transmission and adding pressure

Jakarta – For D, a 25-year-old nurse who works at Wisma Atlet Kemayoran temporary COVID-19 hospital in Central Jakarta, treating patients with coronavirus has been an uphill struggle.

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Data discrepancies have continued to be a problem for Indonesia five months since it announced its first COVID-19 cases, prompting concerns about outdated da

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Health authorities are demanding that Jakarta's satellite cities follow the capital's lead in increasing the testing capacity, as the capital deals with more an

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Tim Mann – Indonesia is still struggling to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Its fatalities are the worst in Southeast Asia, but so far the most dire predictions have not come true.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The transmission rate of coronavirus has been picking up the pace in Jakarta and East Java since the beginning of the month, offering a bleak outlook to the

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Nine cities across the country have more than 1,000 active COVID-19 cases, the national COVID-19 task force announced on Wednesday.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – In a race against time before a potential vaccine passes its final trials, the government is set to expand its COVID-19 testing capacity by increasing the dome

James Massola – Indonesia is negotiating with key regional governments, including Australia's, to allow international tourism to re-start.

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Several nongovernment organizations have launched initiatives to encourage people to protect themselves and their communities from COVID-19 in Jakarta, the coun

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono, the University of Indonesia (UI) Head of Epidemiology, criticized the Jakarta administration for insisting to enforce the transitio

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Local religious figures should play a larger role in educating people about COVID-19 health protocols, an official from Muhammadiyah, the country's second

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has appointed Army chief of staff Gen.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian capital saw another record in the daily number of coronavirus infection on Saturday, with 686 new cases to bring the total number of confirmed

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Jakarta reported 658 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the highest one-day spike since the first infections were recorded in March, bringing the total number

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Indonesian scientists are set to start the phase III clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by China-based biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Bio

Robertus Wardi, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported the second highest daily rise or coronavirus cases on Friday, with Jakarta hitting its new high since the outbreak to surp

Antara, Jakarta – A civil servant in the Central Java district of Banyumas was sentenced to 3.5 months in prison on Thursday for provoking villagers to reject the burial of a deceased

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered the nationwide enforcement of COVID-19 protocols, making violations subject to legal sanctions throughout the c

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Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Head of the Jakarta Health Agency Widyastuti said that the city could not work alone in containing the COVID-19 pandemic despite its recent increase in the cap

Friski Riana, Jakarta – University of Indonesia epidemiologist, Pandu Riono, reacted to President Jokowi's instruction for stricter field-application of COVID-19 health protocols and a

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The possible development of a vaccine has brought as much hope to Indonesia as it has to any other country battered by the COVID-19 pandemic.