Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on the government and the public to flatten the curve of COVID-19 transmission in the country this month "by any means necessary".

Amy Chew – New coronavirus cases are rising in Indonesia's provinces despite the government's efforts to contain the outbreak in Jakarta, as hundreds of thousands of migrant workers in

James Massola – Jakarta's provincial government began monitoring and tracking potential cases of coronavirus in January, more than a month before Indonesia belatedly reported its first

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The Central Java administration has announced that Brebes has been designated a COVID-19 "red zone" after 16 of its residents tested positive for the virus.

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – As countries around the world gradually relax their pandemic curbs, Indonesia appears intent on easing its large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) amid claims

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The government is set to revise its data on confirmed and possible coronavirus cases across the country amid efforts to ramp up testing and to get a clearer

Going by international coverage of the Covid-19 crisis in Indonesia, one might conclude that the country has little hope of managing the outbreak.

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – A white homemade hazmat suit was folded neatly near Sukamti's sewing machine in the corner of her living room in Wukirsari village, Sleman, Yogyakarta.

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The Bekasi administration in West Java is set to conduct polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing starting Tuesday on residents passing the city's borders

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Indonesia has bound to have polymerase chain reaction tests at 6,000 to 7,000 per day as the country lacks laboratories technician capable of carrying o

PT HM Sampoerna Tbk, the producer of some of Indonesia's most popular cigarette brands, says it's taking extra precautions regarding the distribution of its products after one of its f

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – COVID-19 national task force chief Doni Monardo has asked the public to prepare for a "new normal" for the next several months, saying physical distancing

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – The Travel Hub Hotel Kualanamu Airport has asked frontline medical workers to vacate their rooms on Saturday, as the regional government had not

Rahman Muchtar, Sukoharjo, Indonesia – Volunteers clad as Superman and Spider-Man sprayed disinfectant against the coronavirus on Indonesia's island of Java, flanking a colleague weari

Asip Hasani, Surabaya – One hundred seventy-one people had to spend the night at police stations after they were apprehended for violating a night curfew during the implementation of l

Ari Supriyanti Rikin, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – A consortium of Indonesian research agencies and companies began mass producing Covid-19 testing kits this week to cope with domestic s

Fidelis Magalhaes – The Timorese people and their government are about to combat a historic shock to our struggling health care system and emerging economy.

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Access to clean water, housing and health service will be key if Indonesia is going to survive the Covid-19 pandemic, Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation, or YLBH

Tasha Wibawa and Natasya Salim – When borders started closing between Australia and Indonesia to contain the spread of coronavirus, Amanda Rialdi's family and friends kept telling her

Jeffrey Hutton and Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The tally of burials in Jakarta for April is adding to hopes that tough measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the capita

Jakarta – Indonesia has reported an additional 292 Covid-19 cases and 422 suspect patients throughout the archipelago in the past 24 hours, showing little sign of the pandemic slowing

Markus Makur, East Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara – Volunteers under the Kasih Insanis Group, which deals with mental health patients in East Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara, trav

Ni Komang Erviani, Bangli, Bali – The Bali administration has made the decision to expand the area of lockdown from one of three hamlets in Abuan village, Bangli regency, to the entire

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – A study shows that unprocessed red palm oil helps to maintain lung immunity and respiratory health, strengthening's one's body defenses against the coronavirus th

Dwi Argo Santosa, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia again recorded the highest daily rise in new coronavirus infections on Friday.

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Have you been anxious, confused or scared lately? Do you feel like your heart beats faster than usual? Have you suddenly developed digestive problems?

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The number of Indonesians abroad who gets infected Covid-19 rose to 654 people, a jump by more than a third from two weeks ago, spreading across 31 countries, the

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Jakarta – A team of researchers focusing on convalescent plasma at Cipto Mangungkusomo Hospital/University of Indonesia's School of Medicine has urged survivors of COVID-19 to donate t

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – At least 16 people have undergone speedy trials and been fined for committing "intolerable mistakes" during the implementation of large-scale social restrict

Basten Gokkon of Mongabay – Local authorities and indigenous communities in Indonesia's Papua region have imposed a sweeping lockdown in an attempt to minimise the spread of the novel

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The West Java provincial government is finalizing a plan to launch a mobile healthcare center for children and pregnant women during large-scale social restric

Here's a clear-cut takeaway from the COVID-19 pandemic: don't hoard essential supplies to sell at ridiculously high prices, for you may suffer great losses later on.

Jakarta – The Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) has announced that it will return the premiums for the national health insurance (JKN) program to their original r

Jakarta – Several COVID-19 patients in West Nusa Tenggara with a recent travel history to a tabligh (Islamic mass gathering) in Gowa, South Sulawesi have escaped quarantine, putting ot

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – As many as 563 COVID-19 cases in Indonesia have been recorded among foreigners living in the country, with almost 100 currently receiving treatment, Foreign

Amy Chew – In a village in Indonesia's Central Java's regency of Wonosobo, a farmer offered his small plot of land to bury patients who had died of Covid-19.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia is ramping up health protocols at key borders to deal with its returning migrant workforce amid the Covid-19 crisis, as thousands of Indonesi

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia's coronavirus cases exceeded 10,000 as infections showed no signs of slowing even with partial lockdowns and travel restrictions in the nation's main ci

Antonio Sampaio, Dili – Xanana Gusmao, president of the second largest Timorese party, has criticised the decision to extend Timor-Leste's state of emergency, considering that it is no

There's been a surge in the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Mimika regency of Indonesian-ruled Papua. Mimika now has 51 cases, the most of any single regency in Papua region.

Dyaning Pangestika, Bandung – The rate of COVID-19 transmission in West Java has flattened since large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) were implemented in the province.

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The actual number of COVID-19 deaths in Indonesia may be substantially higher than officially reported as several regions have recorded hundreds of fatalitie

Sausan Atika and Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The government has claimed that Jakarta, the country's epicenter of COVID-19, has flattened the curve of transmission, but experts say furth

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Safrin Labatu, Jakarta – From shirtless soldiers to teens sun tanning on their parents' driveways, Indonesians are soaking up rays like never before in the hope that plentiful sunshine

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Former Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) commissioner Sitti Hikmawatty – who was fired by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo after making the scient

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – As the COVID-19 pandemic changes the global business landscape, jamu (herbal medicine) producers are playing a growing role in the Indonesian economy.

Beladenta Amalia – "Covid-19 hits old people the hardest." The oft-heard statement might have given many young Indonesians a false sense of security as they puff away on their cigarett