Jakarta – National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Commissioner Choirul Anam says that the government's narrative on lifestyles under the "new normal" has in fact complicated the

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The West Java administration will require all residents to wear face masks starting Monday, with violators of the new policy to be fined as the province steps

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The COVID-19 epidemic is expected to put at risk Indonesia's target of eliminating hepatitis B and C by 2030 as it has interrupted screening and early-detect

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Jakarta city administration has urged private and public offices in the capital to conduct coronavirus tests on their employees after the number of Covid-1

Jakarta – Amid concerns over Indonesia's ever-growing tally of confirmed coronavirus cases, several regional heads across the archipelago have come forward and announced that they have

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – As Indonesia works on restoring its economy, concerns mount over dozens of infection clusters emerging from commercial office spaces that lack ventilation or

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan claimed he was pleased to see the surge in daily confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city, reasoning it was in line with the local governm

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday instructed the National Covid-19 Task Force to focus on eight provinces he said have contributed 74 percent to

Heru Andriyanto, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – National Covid-19 Task Force Head Doni Monardo admitted on Monday he had no idea when the number of coronavirus cases will arrive at it

Rizki Fachriansyah and Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Indonesia's official tally of COVID-19 cases has reached 100,303 after the government recorded 1,525 new infections on Monday,

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government has so far spent almost a fifth of its stimulus budget to contain the health and economic effects of the pandemic as President Joko "J

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono, the head of the Department of Epidemiology of the University of Indonesia, suggested the government thoroughly evaluate the policy on the

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Indonesian policymakers are not putting the nation's healthcare eggs in one basket.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Indonesia has crossed the 100,000 mark for the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday (Jul 27), with scientists saying that it is hard to predict wh

Indonesia confirmed its 100,000th coronavirus case on Monday as the Red Cross warned that the health crisis in the world's fourth most populous country risked "spiralling out of contro

Rizky Maulana and Jonathan Vit, Jakarta, Indonesia – There's never been a more dangerous time to work as an EMT in Indonesia.

Jakarta – The Banten provincial administration has, once again, extended large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) to flatten the curve of COVID-19 infection in the region.

Jakarta – Residents of South Tangerang, Banten, have largely adhered to health protocols put in place to curb COVID-19 transmission, with a compliance rate of 88.2 percent, the South T

Pacific Media Centre – When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the country had managed to stamp out the coronavirus, it was met with much fanfare – with many experts l

Jakarta – The Indonesian Television Journalists Association (IJTI) has announced that at least 96 journalists and electronic media workers have contracted COVID-19, prompting the group

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – North Sumatra University (USU) in Medan will suspend all activities for a week starting July 27 after five lecturers tested positive for COVID-1

James Massola, Karuni Rompies and Amilia Rosa – The Indonesian government has decided to scrap its daily coronavirus briefings, a move labelled "suspicious" and designed "to hide some

Jakarta – The percentage of infected people to die from Covid-19 has been steadily declining in Indonesia, the National Covid-19 Task Force claimed on Friday, despite a recent surge in

Victor Mambor, Jayapura – The largest PCR testing lab in Papua has announced that it will stop accepting new samples for COVID-19 testing on July 25 because of a lack of reagent and si

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The government's move to establish a new COVID-19 response team to handle the impact the pandemic has had on health and the economy has come too late, as the co

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Indonesia confirmed 1,906 additional COVID-19 cases and 117 deaths on Thursday, bringing the nation's official total to 93,657 infections and 4,576 deaths.

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Almost five months after Indonesia confirmed its first COVID-19 cases, the coronavirus has now completely spread throughout the capital Jakarta, with all 267 sub-districts (kelurahan)

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – In the absence of a daily press briefing on the COVID-19 situation, the government is uploading the latest COVID-19 data on covid19.go.id at 4 p.m.

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – More than 50,000 Indonesians will worry less than the rest of us about COVID-19, because they have already contracted and recovered from the disease.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – More than 300 children in Indonesia, including newborn babies and those below the age of six, are believed to have died from Covid-19, a phenomenon that could

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 1,906 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, the second highest rise in a day, to take the country's total to 93,657 as infection rate in J

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Collaborative efforts are key to reducing stunting in Indonesia, as the COVID-19 pandemic may worsen the already high prevalence of stunted children, experts ha

Wintang Warastri, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) secretary, Anwar Abbas, urged people to refer to the council's past fatwa on meningitis vaccine following MUI's fears of

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Steadfast commitment to the well-being of women and children is an essential aspect of the nation's COVID-19 response, the government has said, as many fa

By Dr Susanna Barnes, Teresa Hall, Dr Balthasar Kehi, Quintiliano Mok and Associate Professor Lisa Palmer, University of Melbourne.

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The Health Ministry announced 139 more COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, by far the highest one-day death toll linked to the contagious disease in Indonesia.

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – With the COVID-19 pandemic requiring an unprecedented scale of laboratory testing, Indonesia continues to face disparities in testing between regions in the

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has urged Padjajaran University's Medical School research team in Bandung, West Java to make the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine available for widespr

Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has urged the public to use locally produced rapid testing kits developed by the Agency for the

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The government will no longer be reporting COVID-19 updates through daily press briefings, a task previously carried out by the Health Ministry's disease contr

Maria Cellina Wijaya and Rizqy Rahmatyah, Jakarta – When Jakarta became the epicentre of Covid-19 transmission, other regions, including the East Java capital of Surabaya, lagged behin

The majority of new coronavirus patients in the past week were infected in offices, Indonesia's COVID-19 task force said, as the government continues to urge health precaution complian

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – A potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech is set to have its Phase III clinical trials in Bandung, West Jav

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Ardila Syakriah and Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – After almost a month of taking gradual steps to reopen the economy, Indonesia has seen its COVID-19 cases and deaths double as crowds reeme

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government launched on Monday a new team to tackle both the public health and economic aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic as the country's economy

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – New confirmed cases of coronavirus infections in Jakarta surged by 433 on Tuesday – the city's highest single-day rise so far – to take its total to 17,279,

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 1,693 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Monday with Jakarta, Central Java and East Java becoming the main drivers, according to the Na

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The civil society group "Indonesian People's Society Against Covid-19" on Sunday urged the government to perform better crisis communication and avoid creating a