Jakarta – Dozens of Jakartans have volunteered to become social companions for COVID-19 patients and those suspected of having the disease in the capital city, joining an initiative to

Jakarta – Police have questioned four foreigners in Bali after a video of people holding a house party during the COVID-19 outbreak was circulated on social media.

Dili – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Timor-Leste has increased to a total of six cases.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has now called for greater transparency in how the nation is handling the coronavirus outbreak, end

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Health Ministry announced on Tuesday that it would allow 10 regions considered COVID-19 red zones to impose large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) to wi

Yudo Dahono, Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – The central government has finally released its official figure on suspect cases of Covid-19 across the country, which turned out to be mu

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – A projected 1.3 million people from Greater Jakarta will return to their hometowns for the annual Idul Fitri mudik (exodus), according to the Indonesian Transp

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The West Java provincial government has asked youth organization Karang Taruna – first established in 1980 under President Soeharto's New Order – to get active

Jakarta – A community unit in Madiun, East Java, has set up an "open kitchen" so that people in the area whose incomes have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic will not need to go h

Budi Sutrisno, Arya Dipa, and Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The first work day of the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) period in Jakarta was marked by confusion and chaos, with p

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has declared the COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia a "non-natural national disaster" in a Presidential Decree.

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar, Bali – Despite the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Bali, the island has no intention of implementing large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) similar

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government's ability to provide social protection and ensure undisrupted food supply will be crucial in preventing social unrest as the COVID-19 pande

Pacific Media Watch – The Covid-19 coronavirus is "exacerbating tensions" in Indonesia's West Papua region and exposing the "shortcomings" of Jakarta government policy, warns a conflic

Dili – The government has designated the old hospital Antonio de Carvalho Lahane as medical facility for COVID-19 patients who are suffering from severe symptoms.

Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto to boost the number of Covid-19 swab tests to 10,000 per day and share the

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Ardila Syakriah, Asip Hasani and Arya Dipa, Jakarta/Bandung – Soon after he took office in October 2019, Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto highlighted the urgency for puskesmas (co

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – The West Java administration is reviewing requests for large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) to be imposed in Greater Bandung that will be submitted to

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), the highest Islamic clerical body in the nation, gave its harshest indictment yet on Indonesians who insist on going on the annual mudik homecoming

Dili – The number of COVID-19 cases is increasing in East Timor.

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Indonesia continues to climb, while thousands of Jakartans leaving for their hometowns may fuel the epidemic.

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The Health Ministry is processing more requests from regional administrations to impose large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) after Indonesia recorded

Jakarta – West Java's cities and regencies in Greater Jakarta, namely Bogor municipality and regency, Depok as well as Bekasi municipality and regency, are preparing to impose their ow

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The funeral of a nurse who succumbed to COVID-19 in Sewakul village, West Ungaran, Semarang regency in Central Java was met with rejection on Thursday afternoon

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 330 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours on Saturday, the second highest rise in a day, to bring the total ca

Sudirman Nasir, Makassar – Amid the current pandemic and in the absence of effective vaccines and antiviral drugs, preventive measures are essential to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Crisis, be it economic collapse, natural disaster or pandemic, deepens and amplifies the social vulnerabilities produced by inequality.

Suherdjoko and Ganug Nugroho Adi, Semarang and Surakarta – Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has expressed his appreciation to residents who have decided not to participate in this

Jakarta – At least six people have died of dengue fever in North Maluku so far this year.

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have scaled up security patrols on the roads and in supermarkets to ensure that the public follow large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) tha

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Every one of Indonesia's 34 provinces has reported positive COVID-19 infections, according to the Health Ministry, with Gorontalo reporting its first confirmed

Jakarta – Indonesia's government is failing to provide transparency and access to information to battle the COVID-19 outbreak, Human Rights Watch said today.

Ralph Jennings, Taipei, Taiwan – Indonesia, despite a growing coronavirus caseload, has avoided locking down population centers in favor of softer control measures to sustain an econom

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The amount of activity around Jakarta has reportedly been down on Friday, the first day of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB), with roads quiet as peopl

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo conveyed his gratitude and appreciation to those who have complied with calls for physical distancing and reminded the public

Dili – East Timor has confirmed another case of coronavirus, health authorities said on Friday, bringing the total number of cases to two.

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – "Because of you, my wedding is now cancelled," said one social media post.

Kate Lamb, Wahyuwidi Cinthya – When Indonesian doctor Ratih Purwarini was buried at dusk in a Jakarta cemetery, only her son Firos saw her plastic-wrapped coffin used for coronavirus v

Jakarta – Most countries around the world are battling the coronavirus pandemic with severe travel restrictions, especially to and from areas hit hard by the deadly virus.

Danny Gallagher – Panic-stricken passengers on a ferry preparing to dock in Maumere, Indonesia caused scenes of hysteria after word got out that coronavirus carriers were suspected on

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Indonesia has joined a group of like-minded countries to resolve certain challenges in the COVID-19 pandemic response, in hopes of setting an example that coop

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Bali, Indonesia – Pharmacists on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali are tackling a shortage of anti-coronavirus hand sanitizer by making their own unique, tropical version – from th

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – State-owned weapons manufacturer PT Pindad and electronics manufacturer PT LEN Industri are developing and planning to mass-produce ventilators to help hospit

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Experts from Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada University (UGM) have called on the government to provide accurate and integrated data on COVID-19 so that the publ

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Indonesia's COVID-19 Task Force plans to distribute equipment for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests to 12 of the country's 34 provinces to help detect the

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – A total of 42 Thai Muslims who attended a multinational religious gathering in Gowa, South Sulawesi, on March 18 have since tested positive for Covid-19.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has defended the complicated bureaucratic process surrounding the government's COVID-19 mitigation policies, saying that he wanted to err on th

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has started distributing social aid to those in need to mitigate the hardship of the COVID-19 pandemic ahead of the implementation o