Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Muhaemin looked on as a dozen men dug fresh graves and ambulances brought yet more bodies to the vast Pondok Ranggon cemetery he supervises in eastern Jakarta.

Jakarta – The administration of Yogyakarta has set its sights on balancing its COVID-19 response with its efforts to reopen tourism to keep the local economy running.

Jakarta – The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has issued emergency use authorization (EUA) for two antiviral drugs, favipiravir and remdesivir, to treat COVID-19 patients.

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Public demands pushing for Health Minister Terawan to resign from office is starting to build as the latest attempt came in the form of a petition at Change.org

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Jakarta exceeded 80,000 on Tuesday while two other worst affected provinces experienced another surge in newly ca

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The North Sumatra Police have dismissed Adj. Comr.

Heru Andriyantoi, Jakarta – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Indonesia hit the 300,000 mark on Sunday after Jakarta reported a new high in daily total.

Jakarta – More medical workers have lost their lives to the coronavirus as the number of cases continues to grow at an alarming rate in Indonesia.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Hospital Association (PERSI) has expressed dismay over the government's suggestion that some health facilities across the country had used COVID-19 diagnoses fo

Apriadi Gunawan and Nurni Sulaiman, Medan – The Medan Police have named ES, the general manager of the Hairos Water Park in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, a suspect for allegedly violatin

Jakarta – After being hit hard by the economic crisis in the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic, batik crafters in many parts of Indonesia have begun to find their feet making

Jakarta – Vice President and senior Muslim cleric Ma'ruf Amin has said the COVID-19 vaccine currently being prepared by the government does not have to be halal, a spokesperson said on

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – A coalition of civil society groups, academics and social organizations has started an online petition urging President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to fire Heal

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Lockdowns are unnecessary and can unduly harm the economy, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said as the COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia enters its eight

Maikel Jefriando, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo defended his record of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, asking for no "polemics" or "commotion" amid criticism that he is put

Jakarta – In an effort to provide better treatment for COVID-19 patients and help bring down the mortality rate from the pandemic, the government has begun securing a substantial amount

Jakarta – It has been seven months since President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced the first COVID-19 cases in Indonesia on March 2.

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Jakarta – Self-isolation centers across the capital have started to fill up as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise.

Jakarta – The management of the Hairos Water Park in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, will receive strict punishment after it hosted a pool party on the premises in violation of the governm

Jakarta – To support the government's 'Ayo pakai masker' (let's wear masks) campaign, national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia presented five of its aircraft with 'masks' Thursday.

Jakarta – Bekasi in West Java will impose a curfew starting on Friday to limit people's movements amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.

Jakarta – The health of 25 million toddlers across the archipelago is at risk as the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted services provided by the integrated health services posts (Posyandu)

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases have decreased in 10 prioritized provinces, but the figure remains high at 67.6 percent of the official nationwide tally,

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – The government has drafted scenarios and prepared logistical needs necessary to distribute COVID-19 vaccine across the archipelago, to make sure it can be evenly

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration will impose controlled isolation for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients in order to reduce the virus transmission as the number of c

Jakarta – Home minister Tito Karnavian is upbeat that the campaign trails for the upcoming simultaneous regional elections in December will be free from COVID-19 transmissions despite r

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Three ministerial offices in Jakarta have become a hotbed of COVID-19 transmission, emerging as the largest virus clusters in the country's government and co

Jakarta – City-owned transportation company PT MRT Jakarta has prohibited passengers wearing one-layered neoprene fabric masks, also known as "scuba" masks, from boarding MRT trains.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Fachrul Razi has recovered from COVID-19, an expert staff member to the minister confirmed on Thursday.

James Massola and Karuni Rompies – Indonesian trials of a China-backed coronavirus vaccine have produced "no significant side effects" so far, boosting the country's hope of producing 2

It's fair to say that healthcare workers don't have the easiest of jobs during this pandemic, but in the Indonesian city of Surabaya one worker was put in a literally sticky situation w

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has gone through yet another toughest month in the coronavirus outbreak which sees the highest number of both confirmed cases and deaths, while the

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Health authorities working in the field still face difficulties carrying out close contact tracing as they face rejection from the public, the National COVID-19

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – House of Representatives members have called on Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto to rework his communication skills following a series of public gaffes tha

Antara, Jakarta – Based on data compiled as of September 24, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia has not shown any signs of abating and the country is still in the first wave of in

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Amid persistent COVID-19 testing constraints, the government appears to be looking into using rapid antigen tests, which are cheaper and faster although less

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The police have dispersed more than 4 million gatherings nationwide since authorities first instated bans on public gatherings in March in an effort to prevent

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has recorded 3,184 deaths from coronavirus-related diseases since the beginning of the month, the highest monthly death toll since first cases of in

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Griffith University epidemiologist Dicky Budiman on Monday said in order to effectively curb the COVID-19 chain of infections, the government ideally should

Jakarta – The Jakarta Health Agency has reported that almost half of all COVID-19 patients in the capital are asymptomatic

Jakarta – Tegal Police in Central Java named Tegal Council Deputy Speaker Wasmad Edi Susilo a suspect on Monday for holding a crowded dangdut concert last week in defiance of COVID-19 r

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Activists and public health experts have criticized the government for failing to balance between optimistic and cautionary message

Andra Nasrie – Celebrated Indonesian journalist Najwa Shihab gave the country arguably the most iconic takedown of the government's handling of the COVID-19 crisis by "interviewing" an

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is setting up a 2-hectare plot of land in Rorotan public cemetery in North Jakarta for COVID-19 graves as burial space for victims of the coronaviru

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has formed a team to investigate the high death toll among doctors from COVID-19, the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has announ

Bisnis, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Health noted that as of Monday, September 28, the total number of cases of Covid-19 positive cases in the nation reached 278,722 people.

Jakarta – A Zumba session organizer in East Lombok was slapped with a Rp 400,000 (US$26.90) fine for neglecting the social distancing COVID-19 protocol during its program.

James Massola and Karuni Rompies – Hundreds of Indonesian public servants have been struck down by the coronavirus, with bureaucrats in the Health Ministry the worst affected.

There's a correlation between one's level of education and one's perceived vulnerability to COVID-19, a study in Indonesia has shown, where a relaxed attitude towards the pandemic adopt