Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to support manufacturers with the capacity to produce the desperately needed protective gear, test kits and ventilators that are crucial

Jakarta – Indonesian health authorities have confirmed 1,046 COVID-19 positive cases as of Friday, an increase of 153 from the previous count a day earlier.

Jakarta – Dozens of Indonesian medical professors have called for "local lockdowns", saying that the government's policy of physical distancing is not "effective".

Agustinus Hari, Manado, North Sulawesi – Police have dispersed up to 1,371 gatherings nationwide within a week since National Police chief Gen.

Jakarta – The COVID-19 rapid response task force has said that Indonesia needs an additional 1,500 doctors and 2,500 nurses to treat COVID-19 patients amid the surge in cases across th

Asip Hasani, Bambang Muryanto and Suherjoko, Blitar, Yogyakarta and Semarang – Authorities in Yogyakarta, Central Java and East Java are scrambling with plans to prevent the spread of

Jakarta – A video showing a family uncovering the shroud of a deceased woman suspected to have been COVID-19-positive in Kolaka regency, Southeast Sulawesi went viral over social media

Jakarta – The Cianjur Police criminal investigation unit has arrested four suspects, identified only by the initials IS, RN, YH and CR, for stealing hundreds of boxes of masks from Pag

Yudha Baskoro – The Jakarta provincial government has issued its standard funeral procedures to bury Covid-19 victims.

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Experts are warning the public against panic-buying chloroquine phosphate, an antimalarial drug thought to be a possible treatment for COVID-19, citing the d

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has called on the National Police not to detain people who insist on holding mass gatherings after being warned against d

Febriana Firdaus in Bali and Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok – It was just last month that Indonesia's coronavirus cases stood at zero, with officials fiercely rejecting suggestions that

Australia is supporting Timor-Leste to be prepared in case there is an outbreak of COVID-19.

Dili – The threat posed by the coronavirus (Covid-19) has forced the Catholic Church in Timor-Leste to cancel mass during Easter in the whole country.

Arya Dipa, Jakarta and Bandung – After receiving medical supplies from China, the country is set to hold COVID-19 tests in Jakarta, West Java and Banten, focusing on vulnerable groups

Jakarta – A coalition of civil society groups is calling on the House of Representatives to perform its checks and balances function during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure the governme

Jakarta – A total of 470 boxes of surgical masks have reportedly been stolen from Pagelaran General Hospital in Cianjur, West Java.

Rizki Fachriansyah and Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The COVID-19 situation is already bad in Indonesia, which now has the highest death toll in Southeast Asia just a few weeks after declari

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – At least five high-ranking central and regional government officials have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Tuesday.

Benny Mawel and Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Papua – Papua is set to restrict entry into the province both through sea and air travel in an effort to stem the spread of COVID-19 in Indones

Patrick O'Connor – East Timor recorded its first confirmed COVID-19 virus case on Saturday.

Tom Allard, Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Indonesia has a significant deficit in hospital beds, medical staff and intensive care facilities as health experts warn that it is primed to be

Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta – On Monday (March 23), Indonesia's Ministry of State Owned Enterprises opened the 1,800-bed Covid-19 Emergency Hospital – repurposed over four days from the at

James Massola and Karuni Rompies – Indonesia is imploring its citizens not to panic and to practise social distancing and self-isolation, as the country's health system strains under t

Agustinus Hari, Markus Makur, Belseran Christ and Benny Mawel, Manado/Ambon/Jayapura – Several churches across Indonesia have decided to cancel their Easter celebrations, planned for t

Suherdjoko and Arya Dipa, Jakarta – Indonesian companies have been working to make up for the shortage of protective health equipment for medical workers treating COVID-19 patients.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Dozens of patients put under surveillance for COVID-19 crowded the emergency hospital at the Kemayoran athletes village in Central Jakarta after it opened on M

Jakarta – The streets are almost empty, public places deserted and malls quiet in cities and regions across Indonesia as authorities have banned gatherings to wind down the spread of t

Single-use plastic raincoats are all that stand in the way between healthcare professionals and the novel coronavirus in Bogor regency, West Java, as a shortage of standardized protect

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto on Monday urged citizens to respect the protocols laid down by the government to contain the spread of the novel coronavi

James Massola – Indonesia has recorded more than 100 new coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time, while the death toll is rising in south-east Asia's most populous nation.

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's lack of leadership and failure to respond tactically to the Covid-19 crisis has become increasingly clear over recent weeks.

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Greater Jakarta, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia, has remained open to visitors and continued to export the virus across the country, with n

Jakarta – The government has announced that it is providing full medical coverage for COVID-19 patients through the national health insurance provider, the Health Care and Social Secur

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – As COVID-19 spreads throughout the nation, the 20-second hand-washing routine has echoed across the airwaves and has been religiously inscribed on both conve

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Concerned about spreading COVID-19 from the capital to villages across the country, the Transportation Ministry will not provide any travel assistance thi

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – As many Indonesians have had to make peace with the disconcerting reality of self-quarantining to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease CIVID-1

Apriadi Gunawan and Markus Makur, Medan/East Manggarai – Regional hospitals across the nation are bracing for a surge in COVID-19 patients as they face a shortage of doctors and nurses

Yudha Baskoro – Charity organization Dompet Dhuafa installed 1000 disinfection chambers in Jakarta on Tuesday to help curb the spread of Covid-19 in the capital – currently the epicent

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The Social Affairs Ministry will offer more food aid for 15.2 million poor and vulnerable families this month to help them weather economic shocks from the Co

Jakarta – The administration in Bekasi, West Java, has delayed its plan to conduct rapid testing for COVID-19, which was set to be held on Tuesday, as the test kits have yet to arrive

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The government and House of Representatives have agreed to cancel the national exam for elementary, junior high and high school students amid the novel coronav

Jakarta – The National Police are set to press criminal charges against those who continue to hold mass gatherings after being warned against doing so amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sausan Atika and Ni Komang Erviani, Jakarta – The COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia has undeniably impacted how religious communities observe their traditions.

Jakarta – For many who have confronted grief in the face of the death of a loved one, we have at least one thing to be grateful for: being able to be at their bedside so they do not ha

Anne Barker and Hellena Souisa – Indonesia now has a 9.3 per cent death rate from coronavirus – the highest in the world – after the death toll rose by a quarter at the weekend, to 48

On 23 March, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said that the government would begin using the 2018 Asian Games athletes' village as an emergency hospital to treat the rapidly increasing n

Jakarta – The capital city Jakarta, the hardest hit province in Indonesia, has received thousands of pieces of protective clothing from the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) t

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – An Indonesian Military (TNI) Hercules C-130 aircraft arrived at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base in East Jakarta on Monday morning after picking up medical equipme

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inspected on Monday a new emergency hospital that the government has converted from the four apartment towers of the Kemayoran Athletes Village