Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The transmission rate of coronavirus has been picking up the pace in Jakarta and East Java since the beginning of the month, offering a bleak outlook to the

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – In a race against time before a potential vaccine passes its final trials, the government is set to expand its COVID-19 testing capacity by increasing the dome

James Massola – Indonesia is negotiating with key regional governments, including Australia's, to allow international tourism to re-start.

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Several nongovernment organizations have launched initiatives to encourage people to protect themselves and their communities from COVID-19 in Jakarta, the coun

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono, the University of Indonesia (UI) Head of Epidemiology, criticized the Jakarta administration for insisting to enforce the transitio

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Local religious figures should play a larger role in educating people about COVID-19 health protocols, an official from Muhammadiyah, the country's second

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has appointed Army chief of staff Gen.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian capital saw another record in the daily number of coronavirus infection on Saturday, with 686 new cases to bring the total number of confirmed

Robertus Wardi, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported the second highest daily rise or coronavirus cases on Friday, with Jakarta hitting its new high since the outbreak to surp

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Indonesian scientists are set to start the phase III clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by China-based biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Bio

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Jakarta reported 658 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the highest one-day spike since the first infections were recorded in March, bringing the total number

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered the nationwide enforcement of COVID-19 protocols, making violations subject to legal sanctions throughout the c

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Antara, Jakarta – A civil servant in the Central Java district of Banyumas was sentenced to 3.5 months in prison on Thursday for provoking villagers to reject the burial of a deceased

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Head of the Jakarta Health Agency Widyastuti said that the city could not work alone in containing the COVID-19 pandemic despite its recent increase in the cap

Friski Riana, Jakarta – University of Indonesia epidemiologist, Pandu Riono, reacted to President Jokowi's instruction for stricter field-application of COVID-19 health protocols and a

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The possible development of a vaccine has brought as much hope to Indonesia as it has to any other country battered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – East Java has reported the highest number of coronavirus cases for the third day in a row on Wednesday, while confirmed cases in Central Java passed the 10,0

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has collected billions of rupiah in fines from violators of the capital's large-scale social restrictions (PSBB), amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jakarta – Indonesia continues to record a high COVID-19 death rate, with the rate being higher than the global average, an official has reported.

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Jakarta Health Agency reported that the COVID-19 positivity rate in the capital city has again increased.

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Manpower and Transmigration Office has temporarily shut down 26 offices over the past week.

James Massola – Indonesia is likely to have hit one million cases of coronavirus already – nearly 10 times its official number – two of the country's leading epidemiologists say.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Indonesian singer/songwriter and YouTuber Erdian Aji Prihartanto, popularly known as Anji, has sparked controversy after his interview with Hadi Pranoto, who c

Antara, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) ordered to conduct a two-week "wear face mask" campaign on a massive scale throughout Indonesia to curtail the spread of the coronaviru

Dina Fitri Anisa, Jakarta – At least 72 doctors have died from Covid-19 in the five months the health workers battling with the increasing number of cases in the country, putting Indon

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Medical workers in Jakarta are concerned about the increasing bed occupancy rates in the city's hospitals and the increasing number of COVID-19 cases, with t

Jakarta – At least 72 doctors across the country have died from COVID-19, the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) said on Saturday.

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is amassing a significant amount of money from city residents who seem not to care about flouting COVID-19 health protocols, as the

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Central Java surpassed South Sulawesi to join the top three provinces with the most cases of coronavirus on Saturday, while Jakarta is closing in on East Jav

Kompas, Jakarta – The West Java provincial government decided on Saturday to extend the large-scale social restrictions, or PSBB, in five districts and municipalities that share border

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Indonesia should include youths as one of the priorities in COVID-19 relief efforts, since it is the younger generation who will bear the brunt of the lon

Jakarta – More than half of the people tested for COVID-19 at houses of worship were found to have the disease, health authorities have revealed.

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – The Indonesian Public Health Experts Association (IAKMI) has criticised the government for failing to involve professional healthcare organisations in dealing w

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Indonesia have increased by 51,991 in the whole month of July, during which the virus has made a comeback in Jakarta as a b

Arya Dipa and Suherdjoko, Bandung – Authorities have put the West Java gubernatorial office, Gedung Sate, in Bandung as well as Diponegoro University's (Undip) Law School in Semarang,

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The total death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Indonesia exceeded 5,000 on Thursday as daily deaths have been climbing in the last four days.

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Jakarta has extended its transitional period from large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for another two weeks starting on Friday after failing to slow down th

Jakarta – The government seems to have lost its way in dealing with the pandemic.

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is amassing a significant amount of money from city residents who seem not to care about flouting COVID-19 health protocols, as the

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Pharmaceutical companies have seen declines of between 50 to 60 percent in demand for drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic as people avoid visiting med

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has urged people to "come out of their homes" to boost the economy, warning that there are limits to what state coffers can d

James Massola and Karuni Rompies – At least 70 doctors and 50 nurses have died from coronavirus in Indonesia, with hundreds more contracting the disease while fighting the pandemic.

Jakarta – The COVID-19 task force has called on workplaces to implement work-from-home (WFH) policies, following reports of increasing numbers of coronavirus clusters in offices.

Jakarta – A lack of awareness in implementing health protocols has led to high COVID-19 transmission among employees in government offices, Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minis

Indonesia's COVID-19 task force has identified clusters of the disease in religious facilities in the capital, highlighting the need for better compliance of health protocols at places

Yustinus Paat & Antara, Jakarta – All five municipalities in Jakarta have been considered as "red zone", the terms for an area where coronavirus is still raging on, the National Co

Antara, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legislative Council (DPRD) building was closed for five days starting today, July 29 until August 2, 2020, after a legislator and staffers were found posi

Jakarta – Jakarta reported 584 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, its highest one-day spike since the first confirmed cases were detected in the capital in March.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Daily new cases in Indonesia soared by 2,381 on Wednesday to take the country's total to 104,432, as Jakarta reported its highest daily rise to hit a sad mil