Zubi Mahrofi, Nabil Ihsan, Jakarta – An epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia, Pandu Riono, expressed optimism that Indonesia would enter the COVID-19 endemic stage by 2022, a

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – Indonesia is set to receive its first shipment of two types of Covid-19 antiviral pills – molnupiravir made by Merck and paxlovid by Pfizer – next month (January

Jessica Ester, Jakarta – Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi said Indonesia has pocketed more than 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines that are sufficient for the next

Jakarta – Health authorities were conducting contact tracing on Tuesday after detecting Indonesia's first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the community, health ministry offic

The government is set to temporarily ban Indonesians from leaving the country, Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said today, as the country records rising Omicron numbers.

Maria Fatima Bona, Jakarta – All 46 patients testing positive for the Omicron coronavirus variant have shown mild symptoms that didn't require them to undergo special medical treatment,

Maria Fatima Bona, Jakarta – Indonesia announced on Tuesday its first locally transmitted case of the Omicron Covid-19 variant.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia loses Rp 97 trillion or about $6.8 billion with millions of people favoring to receive their medical treatment overseas, President Joko "Jokowi"

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government will introduce stricter quarantine rules related to international travel after an Omicron-infected patient escaped from the mandatory isolat

Hendartyo Hanggi, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto on Monday said Indonesia's vaccination rate within the past week had slightly increased, thanks

Zubi Mahrofi, Suharto, Jakarta – The number of Indonesians receiving the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine increased by 451,535 to reach 110,407,287 on Saturday afternoon, the COVID-1

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia is likely to achieve 80-percent coverage of the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination in mid-January of 2022, spokesperson for COVID-19 Vaccination of the Healt

Jakarta – Indonesia received nearly 9 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from the United States and several European countries on Sunday alone, marking the biggest delivery of vaccin

Maria Fatima Bona, Jakarta – Indonesia confirmed 11 new cases of the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant on Friday, bringing the total number of cases to 19.

Jakarta – As the holiday season gets closer, the Indonesian government is tightening security to maintain public order and safety.

Yudhistira Agato, Jakarta – The government has eased up on public mobility restrictions (PPKM) as COVID-19 cases have come under control, but many Indonesians are reluctant to return to

Owen Howell – Last week Indonesia officially recorded its first cases of the new Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, which has quickly spread into Southeast Asia.

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia, Pandu Riono, believed that Indonesia would not face the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

There's no known community spread yet of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Indonesia's Health Ministry said today, as it assures the public that all reported cases involving the m

Jakarta – With three confirmed cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, and given our knowledge about its virality and the struggle of many countries facing hundreds or even tho

Bisnis, Jakarta – Entering the second year of the pandemic, the Covid-19 task force has eventually regulated the tariffs of quarantine repatriation hotels for people arriving from overs

Jakarta – The government considers extending self-isolation requirement for international visitors and Indonesian returnees to two weeks to prevent the spread of the Omicron coronavirus

Agung Sandy Lesmana – The Civil Society Coalition, which is made up of the Center for Indonesia's Strategic Development Initiatives (CISDI), the Child Protection and Wellbeing Study and

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Affairs, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, said that as of now the only cases of the new B.1.1.529 or Omicron var

Friski Riana, Jakarta – A civil society coalition composed of CISDI, Puskapa, LaporCovid-19, and Transparency International Indonesia urges the government to revoke the paid booster vac

Joniansyah Hardjono, Jakarta – A video which has gone viral in social media shows a large number of travelers who just arrived at Soekarno-Hatta Airport's arrival area waiting in queue

Nivell Rayda, Bandung, Indonesia – Suryo (not his real name) used to believe that he was a bright student.

Antara, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo asked state officials to refrain from traveling abroad as COVID-19 Omicron has been detected in Indonesia today, Dec. 16.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia has become one of the countries with a low risk of COVID-19 transmission, stated the spokesperson for COVID-19 vaccinations for the Ministry of Health, Siti

Jakarta – The government has announced on Thursday that the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus had been detected in Indonesia, being the latest country to detect the most transmissib

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Thursday the arrival of the Omicron variant is inevitable due to its highly transmissible nature.

Sebastian Strangio – Yesterday, Indonesia's government announced that it had started administering COVID-19 vaccinations to children aged between 6 and 11, Reuters reported, join

Jakarta (Reuters) – Private pharmaceutical companies in Indonesia will be permitted to directly import Covid-19 vaccines to "balance the market", the country's health minister told Parl

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia started vaccinating elementary school children aged 6 to 11 against Covid-19 on Tuesday (Dec 14), becoming one of the few countries in Asia to start mass i

Maria Fatima Bona, Jakarta – The government has decided to start vaccination against Covid-19 for children aged 6-11 years tomorrow, ten days earlier than the initial schedule, Maxi Rei

Owen Howell – As the new Omicron variant spreads through the Asia-Pacific region, Indonesia is proceeding with its pro-corporate reopening agenda and rapidly dispensing with any public

Jakarta – We have seen the government announce a policy only to withdraw it or water it down again and again, sometimes at a cost.

Regional governments across Indonesia can start vaccinating children aged 6-11 from Dec. 24, should they meet several conditions laid out by the central government.

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has greenlighted all provinces to start inoculating children aged 6 to 11.

Mirza Bagaskara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman received reports about suspected maladministration in the Covid-19 quarantine by a number of hospitals.

Indonesia has achieved quite the feat in the battle against COVID-19 with more than 100 million of its population now fully vaccinated, thus putting the country first among its Southeas

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has reached a new milestone in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic after the number of fully vaccinated citizens surpassed the 100 million mark

Aisyah Llewellyn – Ben Husen, a journalist from Lhokseumawe in Indonesia's ultraconservative Aceh Province, has a secret. He has yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Jakarta – Communications and Informatics Minister Johnny G.

Astrid F H, Resinta S, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto targets the second dose of COVID-19 vaccination to reach 41.8 percent of Indonesia's total

Maria Fatima Bona, Jakarta – Indonesians had a skeptical attitude toward China's Sinovac vaccine even when it was their sole choice in the beginning, but the demand for it has been grow

Jakarta – Indonesia has injected at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to 140.9 million people, or more than half of its population, on Thursday, passing a key milestone in its vacc

Jakarta – Indonesia has been witnessing a declining rate of new COVID-19 infections, which should be treated as an opportunity to accelerate mass vaccination in the regions.

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Following the detection of the new Omicron Covid variant in several countries, including neighboring Australia, Catholic-majority Timor-Leste is on the alert while

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