The central government has imposed a new set of restrictions in parts of Java and Bali, which is designed for more localized enforcement but with some policies relaxed.

Stanley Widianto and Maikel Jefriando, Jakarta – Indonesia has approved Sinovac Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine for use in the elderly, a letter from the food and drug agency shows, potentia

Hendro D Situmorang, Natasia Christy Wahyuni, Jakarta – Indonesia will start the Covid-19 vaccination on the people aged 60 or older on Monday after the country's drug supervisory autho

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Indonesian government set to implement the Covid-19 restrictions on micro-scale starting on February 9.

Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – More than 100 volunteers who helped victims of last month's earthquake in Indonesia's West Sulawesi province have contracted COVID-19 due to poor implementatio

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Coronavirus has killed 1,204 people in Indonesia in the first five days of the month, despite early indications that related death toll and new infections hav

Bisnis, Jakarta – The Indonesian government through the Finance Ministry's staffer, Yustinus Prastowo, said that the incentives for healthcare workers in the 2021 State Budget (APBN) wi

Anwar Siswadi, Jakarta – A team of researchers from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in Bandung has created two robots that are able to conduct indoor sterilization dubbed th

Antara, Jakarta – The Covid-19 task force on Friday revealed that the provinces of West Kalimantan and Riau can be the references for other regencies in terms of managing the pandemic.

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) on Friday has officially introduced the GeNose C19 Covid-19 screening services in Jakarta's major railway

Kate Lamb, Stanley Widianto and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo received the nation's first coronavirus vaccine live on television last month, but des

Those at the very front of Indonesia's fight against COVID-19 may see a reduction in their incentives, as the Finance Ministry seeks to make cuts to financial stimulus for health worker

As seriously ill COVID-19 patients are starting to fill up hospital beds in Bali, health officials in the province are bracing for even more patients to come while stressing the importa

It was only a matter of time before somebody sniffed an opportunity to make a quick buck out of Indonesia's latest COVID-19 screening tech.

Melanie Chalil, Kuala Lumpur – Indonesian actress Nikita Mirzani has plans to give out free condoms to communities across her country to prevent unwanted pregnancies during Covid-19.

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Minister of Research and Technology Bambang Brodjonegoro on Wednesday claims that the Covid-19 screening device dubbed the GeNose C19 – which was

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The fourth batch of Covid-19 vaccine from Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech arrived in Indonesia on Tuesday.

Bimandra Djaafara, Fahrin Ramadan Andiwijaya, Fiona Verisqa, Ihsan Fadilah, Kartika Saraswati and Rizka Maulida – The Indonesian government policy to exclude the elderly (aged 60 years

Bisnis, Jakarta – Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin on Monday went on Youtube calling people to strictly adhere to the Java-Bali PPKM social restriction that the government has impl

Indonesia is intensifying its COVID-19 mass vaccination efforts with plans to accelerate shipment of the CoronaVac vaccine into the country.

Anwar Siswadi, Bandung – Statistician from Padjadjaran University (Unpad) Yuyun Hidayat predicted that the number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia would continue to increase until mid-Feb

The central government's Enforcement of Restrictions on Public Activities (PPKM) partial lockdown protocol has not produced the desired outcomes, President Joko Widodo said, as he mulls

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – January has become the deadliest month in the Indonesian coronavirus outbreak with 7,860 deaths, 51 percent higher than the previous monthly high recorded in

Vidi Legowo-Zipperer – In Germany, a 101-year-old nursing home resident was the first person to receive a COVID vaccine.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia's recent dramatic spike in newly coronavirus cases and deaths is attributable to West Java, which now averages more cases than Jakarta and reports h

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Environment Department recorded a high number of medical wastes in the capital city during the Covid-19 pandemic, amounting to 12,785 tons in total.

The Jakarta Provincial Government is planning to add five more private hospitals as referral hospitals for COVID-19 patients, as the city recorded its highest daily death toll just yest

Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The rising number of COVID-19 infections and hospitalisations in Indonesia have forced the provincial government in Jakarta to convert vacant and swamp land in

The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) this week said Indonesia has one of the highest death rates among health workers in the world as it gave a grim update how the health sector con

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded 387 coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday to mark the highest daily death toll since the outbreak started.

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – Jakarta Indonesian Doctor's Association (IDI) Chairperson Slamet Budiarto has questioned a statement by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo who said that the government

Jakarta (Bloomberg/Xinhua) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo received his second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine made by Sinovac Biotech at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has received the second Sinovac's Covid-19 vaccine shot on Wednesday as the country pick up the pace in rolling out the Covi

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia surpassed 1 million coronavirus cases on Tuesday amid a dramatic surge in newly cases that has started since early this month, the country's worst p

Yudha Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesia has surpassed one million coronavirus cases on Tuesday.

Lani Diana, Jakarta – Jakarta Provincial Government recorded there are 54 community units (RW) set as Covid-19 red zone as per January 21.

Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Jakarta – Public policy observer Trubus Rahadiansyah says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's claim that Indonesia is handling the corona virus pandemic well is

Indonesia today hit an undesired milestone in its struggle against COVID-19, recording over 1 million cases – the first country in Southeast Asia to do so – since the pandemic arrived o

Hellena Souisa and wires – Indonesia has recorded 1 million official COVID-19 cases, according to the country's health ministry, just a day after President Joko Widodo said the country

Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent and Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta – Health experts in Indonesia have warned that hospitals in some areas are on the brink of collapse a

Inter-city train trips on the island of Java are about to get significantly cheaper with the imminent adoption of a locally developed COVID-19 breathalyzer to screen passengers for the

The Jakarta Metro Police have arrested seven people in connection to a medical certificate forgery ring, two of whom were said to be employees of labs for PCR testing.

Yen Nee Lee, Singapore – Indonesia will take at least a year before a sufficient portion of its population becomes immune to Covid-19, the country's Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawa

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Nurse Sustina Syofianti felt relieved and upbeat after getting the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on Jan 16.

Dian Erika Nugraheny, Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) advocacy division head Muhammad Isnur says that the government often tends to blame the public for its poor handl

Moh Khory Alfrizi, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that Indonesia had adopted an incorrect COVID-19 testing scheme.

Indonesia has decided to prioritize vaccination for people aged 18-59, arguing the workforce needs to be protected first to boost the economy.

Antara, Jakarta – State-run vaccine manufacturer PT Bio Farma (Persero) announced that it had completed the production of four million doses of COVID-19 vaccine that will be ready for d

Dina Manafe & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is considering allowing companies to initiate vaccination against coronavirus for their employees amid ongoing sur

Asni Ovier, Jakarta – National Covid-19 Task Force Head Doni Monardo confirmed on Saturday he has tested positive for coronavirus following week-long trips to Sulawesi and Kalimantan.