Jakarta's malls and leisure destinations are usually packed during Eid holiday, but this year the provincial government wants citizens to stay at home with an order to shut most public

Jakarta – World Health Organization's recent nod for the Chinese Covid-19 jab, Sinopharm, for emergency use can boost vaccine access and consequently pave the way for herd immunity in I

Natasa Christy Wahyuni, Jakarta – Indonesian authorities said Tuesday there is no plan to suspend the use of AstraZeneca vaccine amid reports that a man in East Jakarta died one day aft

If there's any stat that justifies the government's Eid homecoming mudik ban this year, it's this one.

Antonio Sampaio, Dili – The Timor-Leste health authorities have registered a total of 126 new infections with SARS-CoV-2 in the last 24 hours, almost all in the Timorese capital, accord

The Indonesian government has chalked May 17 as the start date for the country's independent vaccination program, in which companies can procure vaccines from the government to be distr

Jakarta – Indonesia has received around 6.4 million vaccine doses from the multilateral scheme Covax after welcoming a fresh vaccine shipment over the weekend.

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Urban transport expert and Indonesian Transportation Society (MTI) Head, Djoko Setijowarno on Monday argues that the government shows inconsistency upon restrictin

A 22-year-old Jakarta resident died within hours of receiving a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca, officials said, as an investigation is underway to establish whether or no

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia on Saturday welcomed a fresh shipment of around 1.3 million doses of Astrazeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, acquired via the global procurement scheme C

Iman Rahman Cahyadi, Jakarta – More than 8.4 million Indonesian citizens have received two doses of Covid-19 vaccine as of Friday, government figures show, but the number represents a t

Jakarta – A new analysis from the University of Washington's Institute of Health Metric and Evaluations, or IHME, has suggested that the total number of Covid-19 deaths in Indonesia, as

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The Jakarta provincial government is still recording new cases of Covid-19. As of Thursday, May 6, it logged 905 confirmed cases over the last 24 hours.

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Timor-Leste has ordered all its citizens to comply and be tested on demand for Covid-19 or be forced into quarantine if they refuse.

Jakarta has begun administering COVID-19 shots to people aged 18 and above, becoming one of the first provinces in the country to target the general public in its mass vaccination drive

Health authorities in Banten province say they have detected two dangerous mutations of the coronavirus in three patients from the Greater Tangerang Area so far, raising alarm for a pos

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The National Covid-19 task force on Tuesday recorded an increase in people's mobility especially in shopping centers amid a stricter restriction to curb Covid-19

Max Walden – The Indonesian government has vowed "strict punishment" for several staff members of a state-owned pharmaceutical company accused of reusing cotton swabs for COVID-19 tests

Chris Barrett, Singapore – Health experts are urging the Morrison government to accelerate its delivery of doses to East Timor amid a deepening crisis there that has led China's vaccine

A man who achieved viral infamy for his vehemently anti-mask stance has been made an ambassador to promote health protocols, since Indonesian authorities love to punish people that way

New policies are now being enforced at Central Jakarta's market district of Tanah Abang, following massive crowds at the popular textile market and nearby train station over the weekend

Indonesia is seeing drastic COVID-19 case surges in seven provinces – all of which are major mudik Eid exodus destinations – in the lead up to the Islamic holiday which falls on May 12-

Why mask up when prayer can shield you from the coronavirus?

Jakarta – Yogyakarta has administered the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to more than 55 percent of its targeted recipients, helping the province to avoid spiking fatalities in the

Emma Connors, Singapore/Jakarta – Public health experts believe Indonesia is dangerously exposed to a steep rise in COVID-19 infections as a religious celebration looms and scams reveal

Stanley Widianto – Indonesia has recorded its first cases of a highly infectious COVID-19 variant first detected in India, the health minister said on Monday, as authorities implored pe

Jakarta – The number of deaths from Covid-19 in India has soared following a religious celebration. Unfortunate result of populist decisions taken based on electoral interest.

Police estimate that at least 9,000 people have been swabbed with reused antigen rapid test kits at North Sumatra's Kualanamu Airport, in the latest development to the arrest of five la

Maria Fatima Bona, Jakarta – Indonesia has received the equivalent of more than 10 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine in the last four days, including the first ever arrival of vaccine d

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Indonesia received the tenth batch delivery of COVID-19 vaccines at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport at 13:00 local time today, April 30.

Jakarta – Food and Drug Supervisory Agency, or BPOM, has greenlighted the Covid-19 vaccine produced by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm for emergency use in Indonesia, in a move

Jakarta – There is no longer any need for the government to be responsible for research into the Nusantara vaccine being promoted by former Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto.

A month after being hit with devastating floods, Timor-Leste is struggling to cope amid a Covid-19 outbreak.

Foreign travelers headed for Bali were able to skirt around Indonesia's COVID-19 restrictions upon arrival, a number of social media posts showed this week, triggering a fresh wave of c

Firdia Lisnawati, Denpasar, Indonesia – A U.S.-based YouTuber and a Russian influencer were ordered off Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Friday after recording themselves defying ma

Police have arrested employees at a Kimia Farma lab located at Kualanamu International Airport in North Sumatra, who allegedly reused antigen rapid test kits on customers to cut costs.

The Jakarta Metro Police has arrested one more suspect accused of receiving a bribe to help a traveler circumvent mandatory hotel quarantine, bringing the total number of suspects in th

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Head of the Jakarta Labor, Transmigration, and Energy Agency, Andri Yansah, on Wednesday said that the agency has taken steps that are hoped to curb the surge of C

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Indonesian Covid-19 task force announced on April 25 updated the risk zone map and recorded an increase in areas considered red zones (high risk) and yellow z

A Jakarta official says the provincial government is struggling to enforce the work from home policy (WFH) in the city despite a worrying uptrend in the number of COVID-19 clusters from

Imam Hamdi, Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Jakarta Manpower, Transmigration, and Energy Office Head Andri Yansyah confirmed a recent surge in Covid-19 cases in office clusters.

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin confirmed on Monday at least 10 people have tested positive for a new variant of Covid-19 which was first

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Provincial Government has called on the public to stay vigilant against COVID-19 transmission at workplaces as the number of workers exposed to the vir

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin announced that a new variant of COVID-19 that reportedly triggered a spike in cases in India had been detected in Indonesia.

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) Managing Director, Ali Ghufron Mukti, said 82.3 percent of the total population has regist

Joanito De Saojoao & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is unhappy with the growing number of politicians and other prominent figures voicing their support fo

Jakarta – Authorities have warned against the Covid-19 second wave in Indonesia, raising concerns that euphoria surrounding vaccination would cause people to drop their discipline in im

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono reminded the Jakarta Provincial Government to be aware of Covid-19 transmission during Ramad

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has finally spoken up about the research of Nusantara vaccine development in Gatot Subroto Army Hospital (RSPAD).

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati uses a simple presentation to provide some insight into the massive health spending related to Covid-19 on Monday.