Owen Howell – As the new Omicron variant spreads through the Asia-Pacific region, Indonesia is proceeding with its pro-corporate reopening agenda and rapidly dispensing with any public

Jakarta – We have seen the government announce a policy only to withdraw it or water it down again and again, sometimes at a cost.

Mirza Bagaskara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman received reports about suspected maladministration in the Covid-19 quarantine by a number of hospitals.

Regional governments across Indonesia can start vaccinating children aged 6-11 from Dec. 24, should they meet several conditions laid out by the central government.

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has greenlighted all provinces to start inoculating children aged 6 to 11.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has reached a new milestone in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic after the number of fully vaccinated citizens surpassed the 100 million mark

Indonesia has achieved quite the feat in the battle against COVID-19 with more than 100 million of its population now fully vaccinated, thus putting the country first among its Southeas

Aisyah Llewellyn – Ben Husen, a journalist from Lhokseumawe in Indonesia's ultraconservative Aceh Province, has a secret. He has yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Jakarta – Communications and Informatics Minister Johnny G.

Astrid F H, Resinta S, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto targets the second dose of COVID-19 vaccination to reach 41.8 percent of Indonesia's total

Maria Fatima Bona, Jakarta – Indonesians had a skeptical attitude toward China's Sinovac vaccine even when it was their sole choice in the beginning, but the demand for it has been grow

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Following the detection of the new Omicron Covid variant in several countries, including neighboring Australia, Catholic-majority Timor-Leste is on the alert while

Jakarta – Indonesia has injected at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to 140.9 million people, or more than half of its population, on Thursday, passing a key milestone in its vacc

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Jakarta – Indonesia has been witnessing a declining rate of new COVID-19 infections, which should be treated as an opportunity to accelerate mass vaccination in the regions.

Jakarta – The government has tightened the restrictions level in Greater Jakarta, and Bali in the latest move to anticipate the arrival of the new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, after obser

Antara, Jakarta – A third wave of COVID-19 during the year-end holidays could see the number of cases reaching 70,000 in a moderate scenario and 400,000 in the worst-case scenario.

Antara, Jakarta – The government Covid-19 spokesperson and new normal ambassador Reisa Broto Asmoro on Monday said two thirds of Indonesia's population have been inoculated with the min

Jakarta – Communications and Informatics Minister Johnny G.

Livia Kristianti, Suharto, Jakarta – Indonesia is now among the five countries with the largest decline in COVID-19 cases, Communication and Informatics Minister Johnny G.

David Rising and Edna Tarigan?(AP), Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia has recovered significantly from a mid-year spike in coronavirus cases and deaths that was one of the worst in the reg

In an effort to curb a potential explosion of Covid-19 cases during the festive period, the Indonesian government has banned civil servants and workers in state-owned and private compan

Jakarta – The government calls everyone to work together to prevent a Covid-19 surge during the year-end holiday season.

Bangkit Adhi Wiguna, Graven (Intern), Jakarta – An epidemiologist with the Gadjah Mada University, Citra Indriani, said that 80 percent of Indonesians may have been infected with the De

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia has issued a ban on civil servants and workers in state-owned and private companies taking leave around Christmas and New Year, in a strong pr

Jakarta – Reisa Broto Asmoro – the government's Covid-19 handling spokeswoman and new habits adaptation ambassador – recently asked the public to make 2022 the last year of Indonesia's

Jakarta – Smarting from past mistakes, the government is considering stringent mobility restrictions ahead of the year-end holiday season to prevent another spike in COVID-19 infection.

Jakarta – With the threat of a Covid-19 third wave looming ahead of the year-end festivities, the government is gearing up to take another crack at preventing a holiday-fuelled spike in

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Health Ministry's spokesperson for COVID-19 vaccination, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, said vaccination coverage in Indonesia has surpassed the WHO's target.

Antara, Jakarta – Yesterday on the 14th of November 2021, data from the Ministry of Health stated that as many as 84,161,759 Indonesian citizens have received the second dose of Covid-1

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A mutation of the deadly Delta variant of the coronavirus has sparked an uptrend of Covid-19 cases in eight cities in Indonesia in the last three weeks,

Aditya R, Kenzu T, Jakarta – Sixty-eight million adults in Indonesia are obese due to unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity, Ministry of Health's acting director of prevention an

Anita D, Kenzu T, Jakarta – The compliance scores for wearing masks were still below 60 percent in some Indonesian districts and cities, COVID-19 Handling Task Force's Head of Behaviora

Anita Permata, Raka Adji, Jakarta – Head of the Professional Development Division of the Indonesian Association of Epidemiologists (PAEI) Dr Masdalina Pane stated that so far, there was

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian Epidemiology Association (PAEI) member Masdalina Pane said efforts to prevent another wave of Covid-19 spread is not by mandating PCR tests on travelers but

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Indonesia is seeing an increasing rate of new infections over the past week.

Antara, Jakarta – The central government has urged all regional governments to fully utilize their COVID-19 vaccine stocks by hastening vaccinations in their respective regions.

A senior Indonesian official made special mention of beach clubs and bars in Bali when talking about health protocol violations, warning of dire consequences even though COVID-19 cases

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – State-pharmaceutical firm Bio Farma in a House Hearing on Tuesday appeared in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) Commi

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The UK government announced on Monday that it would soon add China's Sinovac and Sinopharm to its list of approved Covid-19 vaccines for inbound travel, th

Jakarta – The government is preparing several policies to prevent a Covid-19 third wave during the year-end and Christmas holidays – a period that will likely increase people's mobility

Hendro Situmorang, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is considering buying 1 million doses of Covid-19 antiviral drug developed by US pharmaceutical company Merck & Co Inc., Healt

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded the lowest additional daily Covid-19 cases this year, as per Saturday, November 6.

Jakarta – Indonesia's Covid-19 response has reached a new milestone this week by exceeding 200 million doses of vaccine administered across the country.

Two senior officials in President Joko Widodo's cabinet are set to be reported to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) over allegations of conflicts of interest in the nation's p

Jakarta – About 4 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine landed in Indonesia on Monday, making it the 110th arrival of Covid-19 shots in the country.

Jakarta – Indonesia has approved the Sinovac Biotech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6-11, its food and drug agency said on Monday, following the U.S.

Agung Sandy Lesmana and Stephanus Aranditio – Former Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Publications and Education Director Agustinus Edy Kristianto has revealed the names of sever

Irfan Kamil, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Health and Justice has criticised the government's policy of reducing the price of Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests

Budi Satriawan, Yogyakarta – Researchers in Indonesia have found a way to fight disease-bearing mosquitoes by breeding a species of the insect which carries a kind of bacteria that prev