James Massola – Jakarta's provincial government began monitoring and tracking potential cases of coronavirus in January, more than a month before Indonesia belatedly reported its first

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The government is set to revise its data on confirmed and possible coronavirus cases across the country amid efforts to ramp up testing and to get a clearer

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Indonesia has bound to have polymerase chain reaction tests at 6,000 to 7,000 per day as the country lacks laboratories technician capable of carrying o

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The Bekasi administration in West Java is set to conduct polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing starting Tuesday on residents passing the city's borders

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – A white homemade hazmat suit was folded neatly near Sukamti's sewing machine in the corner of her living room in Wukirsari village, Sleman, Yogyakarta.

Going by international coverage of the Covid-19 crisis in Indonesia, one might conclude that the country has little hope of managing the outbreak.

Ari Supriyanti Rikin, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – A consortium of Indonesian research agencies and companies began mass producing Covid-19 testing kits this week to cope with domestic s

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Access to clean water, housing and health service will be key if Indonesia is going to survive the Covid-19 pandemic, Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation, or YLBH

Fidelis Magalhaes – The Timorese people and their government are about to combat a historic shock to our struggling health care system and emerging economy.

Asip Hasani, Surabaya – One hundred seventy-one people had to spend the night at police stations after they were apprehended for violating a night curfew during the implementation of l

Rahman Muchtar, Sukoharjo, Indonesia – Volunteers clad as Superman and Spider-Man sprayed disinfectant against the coronavirus on Indonesia's island of Java, flanking a colleague weari

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – The Travel Hub Hotel Kualanamu Airport has asked frontline medical workers to vacate their rooms on Saturday, as the regional government had not

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – COVID-19 national task force chief Doni Monardo has asked the public to prepare for a "new normal" for the next several months, saying physical distancing

PT HM Sampoerna Tbk, the producer of some of Indonesia's most popular cigarette brands, says it's taking extra precautions regarding the distribution of its products after one of its f

Tasha Wibawa and Natasya Salim – When borders started closing between Australia and Indonesia to contain the spread of coronavirus, Amanda Rialdi's family and friends kept telling her

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – A study shows that unprocessed red palm oil helps to maintain lung immunity and respiratory health, strengthening's one's body defenses against the coronavirus th

Jakarta – Indonesia has reported an additional 292 Covid-19 cases and 422 suspect patients throughout the archipelago in the past 24 hours, showing little sign of the pandemic slowing

Jeffrey Hutton and Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The tally of burials in Jakarta for April is adding to hopes that tough measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the capita

Markus Makur, East Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara – Volunteers under the Kasih Insanis Group, which deals with mental health patients in East Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara, trav

Ni Komang Erviani, Bangli, Bali – The Bali administration has made the decision to expand the area of lockdown from one of three hamlets in Abuan village, Bangli regency, to the entire

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The number of Indonesians abroad who gets infected Covid-19 rose to 654 people, a jump by more than a third from two weeks ago, spreading across 31 countries, the

Dwi Argo Santosa, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia again recorded the highest daily rise in new coronavirus infections on Friday.

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Jakarta – A team of researchers focusing on convalescent plasma at Cipto Mangungkusomo Hospital/University of Indonesia's School of Medicine has urged survivors of COVID-19 to donate t

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – At least 16 people have undergone speedy trials and been fined for committing "intolerable mistakes" during the implementation of large-scale social restrict

Basten Gokkon of Mongabay – Local authorities and indigenous communities in Indonesia's Papua region have imposed a sweeping lockdown in an attempt to minimise the spread of the novel

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Have you been anxious, confused or scared lately? Do you feel like your heart beats faster than usual? Have you suddenly developed digestive problems?

Amy Chew – In a village in Indonesia's Central Java's regency of Wonosobo, a farmer offered his small plot of land to bury patients who had died of Covid-19.

Here's a clear-cut takeaway from the COVID-19 pandemic: don't hoard essential supplies to sell at ridiculously high prices, for you may suffer great losses later on.

Jakarta – The Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) has announced that it will return the premiums for the national health insurance (JKN) program to their original r

Jakarta – Several COVID-19 patients in West Nusa Tenggara with a recent travel history to a tabligh (Islamic mass gathering) in Gowa, South Sulawesi have escaped quarantine, putting ot

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – As many as 563 COVID-19 cases in Indonesia have been recorded among foreigners living in the country, with almost 100 currently receiving treatment, Foreign

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia is ramping up health protocols at key borders to deal with its returning migrant workforce amid the Covid-19 crisis, as thousands of Indonesi

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia's coronavirus cases exceeded 10,000 as infections showed no signs of slowing even with partial lockdowns and travel restrictions in the nation's main ci

Antonio Sampaio, Dili – Xanana Gusmao, president of the second largest Timorese party, has criticised the decision to extend Timor-Leste's state of emergency, considering that it is no

There's been a surge in the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Mimika regency of Indonesian-ruled Papua. Mimika now has 51 cases, the most of any single regency in Papua region.

Dyaning Pangestika, Bandung – The rate of COVID-19 transmission in West Java has flattened since large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) were implemented in the province.

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The West Java provincial government is finalizing a plan to launch a mobile healthcare center for children and pregnant women during large-scale social restric

Beladenta Amalia – "Covid-19 hits old people the hardest." The oft-heard statement might have given many young Indonesians a false sense of security as they puff away on their cigarett

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – As the COVID-19 pandemic changes the global business landscape, jamu (herbal medicine) producers are playing a growing role in the Indonesian economy.

Safrin Labatu, Jakarta – From shirtless soldiers to teens sun tanning on their parents' driveways, Indonesians are soaking up rays like never before in the hope that plentiful sunshine

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Sausan Atika and Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The government has claimed that Jakarta, the country's epicenter of COVID-19, has flattened the curve of transmission, but experts say furth

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The actual number of COVID-19 deaths in Indonesia may be substantially higher than officially reported as several regions have recorded hundreds of fatalitie

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Former Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) commissioner Sitti Hikmawatty – who was fired by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo after making the scient

John McCarthy – Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Indonesia's poverty rate has fallen to its lowest level ever.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Jakarta plans to give away two cloth face masks to every resident of the capital to help slow the spread of Covid-19, Governor Anies Baswedan said on Wednesday

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman has launched an online complaint center for people to file reports about unsatisfactory public services during the coronavirus crisis

Sana Jaffrey – The sequence of denial, reluctance, and alarm in Indonesia's response to the coronavirus crisis follows the trajectory of many other countries, including highly develope

Asip Hasani, Surabaya – The COVID-19 task forces in Surabaya, East Java and its satellite regencies Sidoarjo and Gresik are set to impose a curfew during the large-scale social restric