Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman has suggested the government should carry out simulations of the "new normal" health protocol to make sure the public understands it

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Jakarta – Surabaya in East Java has turned into a "black zone" as the region recorded nearly 3,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is set to begin implementing "new normal" protocols this week.

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Experts and volunteers with the LaporCovid-19 (Report Covid-19) community movement have warned of a potentially tumultuous "new normal" period following t

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government's plan to gradually reopen places of worship has drawn mixed responses from religious groups and health experts, many of whom insist th

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The Indonesian government's National Covid-19 Task Force denied claims the country is trying to reach herd immunity to try to put an end to the Covid-19 pandem

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – University of Indonesia (UI) Head of Epidemiology, Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono strongly suggests that the Jakarta administration should only loosen its COVID-19 social

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Hardly ever mentioned alongside other front-line health workers like doctors and nurses, laboratory workers in Indonesia are grappling with an unprecedented

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – A recent study by the Health Ministry and the United Nations Children's Fund found that 84 percent of immunization services in Indonesia have been disrupted b

Jakarta – The number of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based testing for coronavirus has met the daily target of 10,000 for the sixth consecutive day on Monday, despite taking more th

Jakarta – Riau Islands' Batam COVID-10 task force declared HOG Eden Park church a new cluster in Batam on Sunday after 26 of its congregation members tested positive for the virus.

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesia on Monday received a shipment of medical equipment worth a total of $760,000 from three United Nations organizations – the United Nations Development Pr

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Some 100 regencies and municipalities labeled as green zones and have not been impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak can start "new-normal" measures, the gove

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Dili – President Francisco Guterres Lu Olo swore in eight new cabinet members on Friday. For the first time a woman has become deputy prime minister in Timor-Leste.

Jakarta – The ongoing feud between East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa and Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini aka Risma over how to handle the COVID-19 outbreak in virus-stricken E

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry has issued new guidelines for houses of worship, which are set to reopen soon as part of the so-called "new normal" after b

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 700 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Sunday to bring the country's total to 26,473 and conclude the toughest month since the country'

Jakarta – A 100-year-old woman in Surabaya, East Java, has recovered from COVID-19 after spending a month in the hospital.

Jakarta – Authorities in East Jakarta are readying the city-owned Pulogadung Sports Hall as a quarantine center for people returning to Jakarta after the Idul Fitri holiday who do not

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The World Bank has agreed to provide a US$250 million loan to support Indonesia's COVID-19 response, the organization's board of executive directors annou

Dina Manafe, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of patients recovering from coronavirus in Indonesia hit a new record of 523 on Saturday, almost double the previous record of 285 on

Bengkulu, Indonesia – Indonesian officials are forcing social distancing violators to recite Koran verses, stay in "haunted" houses and submit to public shaming on social media as the

M Rosseno Aji, Translator: Dio Suhenda (Intern), Jakarta – Chief of the Papuan Human Rights Lawyers Association, Gustaf Rudolf Kawer, reported that dozens of inmates in the Jayapura Pr

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police planned to establish a database post to monitor the public's compliance with the health protocols during the enf

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Publicly listed pharmaceutical company Kalbe Farma has signed an agreement with South Korea-based biotechnology firm Genexine Inc.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – On April 3, Indonesia released two regulations, a government regulation and a Health Ministry regulation, to pave the way for large-scale social restrictions (

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – As Indonesia has yet to see the curve of COVID-19 infection flatten, the government's decision to roll out guidelines on easing COVID-19 restrictions under it

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 678 confirmed cases of coronavirus on Friday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 25,216 in the toughest week since

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto has suggested that several regions, including Jakarta, might be ready to welcom

Jakarta – The administrations of three municipalities and one regency, namely Gowa regency in South Sulawesi, Makassar also in South Sulawesi, Tegal in Central Java and Palangkaraya in

Jakarta – As Indonesia braces to gradually reopen the economy, the government has announced that the country's regions should meet two main conditions to be able to ease COVID-19 mobil

Jakarta – COVID-19 task force head of expert staff Wiku Adisasmito has said that Tangerang city, Depok city, Bekasi city and Bekasi regency have the highest risk of COVID-19 transmissi

Heru Andriyanto, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – East Java reported yet another highest rise of coronavirus infections compared to other provinces on Wednesday and is getting nearer to

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The Foreign Ministry revealed on Wednesday that 47 Indonesian nurses working overseas have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of Indone

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The government has decided to allow places of worship in COVID-19 "green zones" to reopen as the "new normal" comes into force.

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Dili – The Council of Ministers has approved the request from the Integrated Crisis Management Centre (Sentru Integradu Jestaun Krize – SIJK) for the extension of the state of emergenc

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia will step up coronavirus testing and isolation of suspected patients in East Java, home to the nation's second-largest city and a major industrial hub t

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Indonesia's most popular tourist destination, Bali, has its local customs to thank for what officials tout as success in containing the COVID-19 outbreak, as

Budiarti Utami Putri, Surabaya – The deputy head of the Surabaya's Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) task force on Covid-19 handling, Arief Bakhtiar, said a number of hospitals in t

Dili – The medical supplies jointly donated by Jack Ma Foundation & Alibaba Foundation to Timor-Leste arrived at the Dili airport by a cargo plane on Tuesday.

Jakarta (Reuters) – The World Health Organisation has urged Indonesia, one of the world's biggest advocates of two malaria drugs to treat the coronavirus, to suspend such treatment ove

Jakarta – A family that has tested positive for COVID-19 previously attended mass Idul Fitri prayers at the Al Muhajirin Mosque in the Perumnas 1 housing complex in Bekasi, West Java,

Dina Manafe, Jakarta – The number of coronavirus infections in Indonesia is expected to increase significantly next week as many people have ignored physical distancing guidelines duri

Jakarta – An unborn baby died in East Nusa Tenggara after the ambulance carrying the baby's mother got stuck in a traffic jam where a roadblock had been placed at the border between Ea

As Indonesia's most populous province weighed tough movement restrictions to curb the coronavirus outbreak, it turned to a loosely knit volunteer group of data scientists and health ex

Yudo Dahono, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has issued a set of guidelines for businesses and companies seeking to reopen under the large-scale social restriction, or PSBB.