Jakarta – Indonesia has reported 20,574 new daily cases and 355 deaths from Covid-19 on Thursday, placing it among the top five countries with the highest daily number of cases worldwid

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Leaders of political parties joined in the Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin coalition reportedly held a meeting on Wednesday evening, June 23.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo insists the micro-scale restriction on community activities, also known as PPKM Mikro, is still the best option available against the Covid-19 p

Robert Campion – Indonesia's daily cases reached a record high on Monday as the country passed the mark of two million cases since the pandemic began.

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has been criss-crossing vaccination centres in Jakarta, keeping tabs on the national vaccination programme and rallying those in the capita

Jessica Washington, Syarina Hasibuan and Jamaah, Jakarta/Kudus – It should have been a time of celebration for Puji Apriani's family – she was pregnant with her second child, and just w

Novy Lumanaw, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called Indonesians to improve discipline in wearing masks and implementing health protocols to curb the Covid-19 spread, which

Febriana Firdaus and agencies – Indonesian health authorities are battling a new surge in coronavirus infections, as the National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) reported the high

Adam Prireza, Lani Diana, Jakarta – Head of the Jakarta Parks and Forest Agency data center, Ivan Murcahyo, on Wednesday revealed that the capital city has logged in total 19,800 funera

Yudha Baskoro, Cianjur, West Java – Officials in a West Java subdistrict have turned to an uncommon tactic by offering a live chicken in exchange for an immunization shot to persuade th

Arys Aditya, Bekasi, Indonesia – Indonesia's Central Java province is imposing a stricter measure by locking down areas worst hit by Covid-19 in a bid to curb the spread of a more infec

Those who have traveled to Bali, whether for a short getaway or to work from the island, are behind the recent spike of COVID-19 cases in Bali, the provincial task force said this week.

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The Jakarta Financial Management Agency (BPKD) Head, Edi Sumantri, confirmed that the city's Parks and Forest Agency had to bury 146 bodies of COVID-19 pati

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said the capital city has 140 Covid-19 referral hospitals as of June 17, 2021.

Pribadi Wicaksono (Contributor), Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta Provincial Government has scrapped its plan to enforce regional lockdown.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A weak zonal lockdown system and a lack of whole-genome-sequencing equipment to detect more transmissible new Covid-19 variants are the two main challen

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – The affordable antiparasitic drug Ivermectin is not a cure for Covid-19, according to State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir.

The body of a man who died after getting infected with the coronavirus was left lying for 14 hours in front of his house in North Jakarta's Sunter Agung area, illustrating the grim situ

While it would be great if more people were vaccinated against COVID-19, Indonesia, in theory, isn't forcing anyone to get the jab.

Febriana Firdaus and agencies – Indonesian health authorities are battling a new surge in coronavirus infections, as the National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) reported the high

A group of motorcyclists reportedly attacked a swab test facility in Surabaya, East Java this morning following widespread refusal against testing from travelers coming from neighboring

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia reported on Monday (Jun 21) a record-breaking 14,536 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections nationally past the 2 million mark.

Indonesia has passed another grim milestone in its struggle against COVID-19, having topped the 2 million cases mark with the addition of 14,536 new cases today (which itself is a new d

Emma Connors, Singapore/Jakarta – President Joko Widodo's government has again resisted calls for a national lockdown despite police warning that people are ignoring limits on crowds in

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has told the police and regional leaders to tighten public restrictions from June 22 to July 5, following an extreme spike

Antara, Jakarta – Lambung Mangkurat University expert member on the handling of Covid-19 professor Syamsul Arifin warned that the increasing amount of coronavirus cases among children m

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said the government had reached its target to administer 700,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine as instructed by President Joko "Jo

Jakarta – Most of the 308 health workers vaccinated with Sinovac's Coronavac vaccine in Kudus, Central Java, a district recently hit hard by the novel coronavirus Delta variant, recover

Antara, Jakarta – Expert team coordinator and spokesperson for the COVID-19 Response Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, confirmed he has tested positive for the virus after traveling to regio

Tsarina Maharani, Jakarta – The initiator of the citizen based reporting coalition Lapor Covid-19 (Report Covid-19), Ahmad Arif, says that the public is facing the Covid-19 pandemic wit

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia will receive 50 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine jointly made by Pfizer and BioNTech, with the first batch expected in August, a senior health ministr

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – Jakarta Administration recorded that the number of funerals with Covid-19 protocols in the city increased in June 2021.

Yudha Baskoro, Jakarta – Padurenan Public Cemetery in Bekasi, West Java has opened a new burial ground on Friday after a fresh wave of Covid-19 victims' bodies quickly filling up its ol

Antara, Jakarta – The National Covid-19 Handling Task Force said the formation of the Covid Command Post in regencies or cities was hampered by budget distribution.

With Jakarta having just recorded the highest single-day spike in Indonesia with over 4,100 cases yesterday, Governor Anies Baswedan is now encouraging – not telling – all Jakartans to

Arlina Arshad, Singapore – The recent surge of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia was not unexpected.

Health officials in Indonesia are blaming the emergence of the Delta variant first detected in India for a massive surge in COVID-19 that has seen the number of daily new cases more tha

Jakarta – The number of coronavirus infection rose again after the Eid holiday. We can't simply hope for improvements to government policy.

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta Health Agency's Head of the Disease Prevention and Control Unit, Dwi Oktavia, said 84 percent of the isolation beds for Covid-19 patients have been

Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ordered the Jakarta administration to fast-track the Covid-19 vaccination drive so that Indonesia's capital can reach herd immunity by Aug

Jakarta (Reuters) – More than 350 Indonesian doctors and healthcare workers have contracted Covid-19 despite being vaccinated with Sinovac and dozens have been hospitalised, officials s

Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia's president ordered authorities to speed up the country's vaccination campaign as the World Health Organization warned Thursday of the need to increase so

Amy Sood – Live chickens are being given away by local authorities in rural Indonesia as an incentive for older residents to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Police Chief Gen. Mohammad Fadli Imran on Thursday said that the increase of Covid-19 case in the capital city is alarming.

Dili – Timor Leste's Prime Minister, Taur Matan Ruak, on Wednesday acknowledged the prestige of Cuba's biopharmaceutical industry, which has won international awards for products develo

Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – The Delta variant of coronavirus, which is first identified in India, has already spread in Indonesia.

Inge Klara Safitri, Jakarta – The Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital in Jakarta added 2,000 beds to accommodate Covid-19 patients. The hospital's coordinator, Maj. Gene.

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas banned religious activities in areas categorized as Covid-19 red zone until they are declared safe from the virus t

West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has urged tourists to stay away from the Bandung Raya region, also known as the Bandung Metropolitan Area, as the region elevates its alertness for COVID

Jakarta – The government urges the public to pay more attention than ever to health protocols, as several regions are seeing drastic surge in Covid-19 cases.