Antara, Jakarta – The government has set the ceiling price for drugs used in COVID-19 treatment through the issuance of Health Minister's Decree No. HK.01.07/MENKES/4826/2021.

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Authorities are imposing stricter mobility curbs during the latest round COVID-19 restrictions, dubbed the emergency public activity restrictions (PPKM Darurat), i

Hellena Souisa and Erwin Renaldi – Before he died, Mr Suherman said his father was consumed by coronavirus misinformation and "hoax messages" circulating on text messaging apps in his h

Bernadette Christina, Jakarta – Indonesia has ordered oxygen makers to prioritise medical needs amid growing demand from COVID-19 patients, the government said on Sunday, following more

News Agencies, Jakarta – The next two weeks will be a "critical time" for Indonesia, which is counting on new restrictions to bring surging coronavirus cases under control, a senior min

Jakarta – The government imposed a partial lockdown Saturday in Jakarta, across the main island of Java and on Bali as Indonesia grapples with an unprecedented wave of coronavirus infec

Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta – Standing outside the glass wall at one of the emergency installations in a hospital in Tangerang, Benten, Uta Verina Maukar, 26, looked at her mother a

Jakarta – Indonesia reported 27,913 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday to continue a record-breaking run in daily numbers since the first day of the month, as lockdown in stricken areas beg

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The LaporCovid-19 (Report Covid-19) community and Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) reported that 265 Covid patients in self-isolation had succumbed to the

Jessica Washington and Syarina Hasibuan, Jakarta – From morning until midnight, Suherman and his fellow carpenters work in the heat – sawing, sanding and painting.

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Health Ministry's Research and Development Agency published a study on the effectiveness of the Sinovac vaccine among health workers in Jakarta,

Novan, Jakarta – The health ministers of Denmark and Indonesia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding five fields of health cooperation: basic health services, remote

Rakhmat Nur Hakim, Jakarta – Griffith University Epidemiologist Dicky Budiman has questioned a statement by Coordinating Minister for Investment and Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Panjai

Robert Campion – The highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus, which is spreading rapidly around the globe, is fuelling an unprecedented surge of cases among the more than 270

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – An epidemiologist with the Griffith University, Dicky Budiman, responded to the emergency PPKM (public activity restriction) the Indonesian government introduced

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The scenes in Indonesia's hospitals in the past week have been eerily similar to those in India two months ago – hospital corridors jammed with COVID-19 patients a

Yuddy Cahya Budiman, Jakarta – General practitioner Cheras Sjarfi says the small public hospital where she works in south Jakarta was not ready for the influx of COVID-19 patients who a

Times of emergency may have finally spurred authorities in Bali into ditching their nice guy playbook, with foreign nationals now subject to immediate deportation should they be caught

Lee Sue-Ann – A divisive debate has broken out in regional social media over the use of ivermectin to treat Covid-19.

Rebecca Ratcliffe and Gemma Holliani Cahya – Indonesia is tripling its oxygen supplies to hospitals as data suggests the Delta variant of coronavirus is now driving the country's worsen

Indonesia's most populated and popular islands are bracing for emergency lockdown measures from this weekend, with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo touting the inevitability of shifting p

Natasia Christy Wahyuni, Jakarta – The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency, or BPOM, has issued an emergency use authorization for Covid-19 vaccine developed by US drug company ModernaTX I

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan kicked off the COVID-19 vaccination program for children aged 12-17 at state high school SMAN 20 in Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta earlier today.

As Indonesia accelerates its mass vaccination program, certain details, such as whether or not foreigners may get the jab, have been lost in the flurry of information.

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore – Indonesia has been urged to try to buy any excess AstraZeneca vaccines from Australia amid a worsening COVID-19 crisis that is being compar

Edna Tarigan and Andi Jatmiko, Jakarta – Thousands of Indonesians lined up at a sports stadium to get a COVID-19 vaccine dose Thursday in a one-day, mass vaccination event that's part o

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Indonesia has received 14,000 units of vaccine bulk from Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin announced during a livestreamed press

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has unveiled broad emergency community restrictions on Thursday (Jul 1) for the islands of Java and Bali, as the country battles a spik

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Domestic travelers on long-distance transportation modes such as planes, buses, and trains must produce vaccination record of at least the first dose of Co

Indonesia has boosted its COVID-19 vaccination hopes with millions of doses set to arrive in the coming months amid an acceleration of the national mass vaccination program.

Yanuar Nugroho – The Jokowi government appears to be on the verge of imposing a hard lockdown to curb a second wave of Covid-19 infections.

Yuddy Cahya Budiman and Agustinus Beo Da Costa – Oxygen prices in Jakarta had more than doubled and some suppliers reported shortages on Tuesday after a surge in COVID-19 cases that pro

Jakarta – Flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has offered free vaccination against Covid-19 for its passengers on Wednesday in a move that would entice more people to get immunized while at t

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The number of Covid-19 cases among children in West Java was indeed the highest at 45,450, followed by Riau with 9,224 cases, Central Java with 6,654 cases, West

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta's need for health workers continues to increase in line with the high number of Covid-19 cases in the capital city.

Jakarta – The rapid increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia is proof of the weaknesses in the system to control the pandemic. There is a problem of leadership.

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Indonesian government as of Wednesday, June 30, has received 14 million Sinovac bulk vaccines to boost the national vaccination program.

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – The number of children contracting the coronavirus has almost tripled since May, with infant deaths from COVID-19 rising sharply as Indonesia suffers its most sever

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) said the number of doctors who died while treating Covid-19 patients increased significantly from May to June 2021.

Dean Baker – You might think so from reading this NYT article (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/0

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia's Covid-19 surge is on the edge of a catastrophe as the more infectious Delta variant dominates transmission and chokes hospitals in South-east Asia's wors

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to impose stricter restrictions starting Saturday (July 3), as South-east Asia's most populous country battles a second wave of coronavi

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Epidemiologist from Australia Griffith University, Dicky Budiman, opined that lockdown is the best option to contain Covid-19 cases which are currently skyrocket

Fardah Assegaf, Bogor – Some 336 healthcare workers contracted COVID-19 and fell ill, thereby leading to the Bogor municipality taking the decision to shut down eight health facilities,

Jakarta – The National Food and Drug Control Agency, or BPOM, has given the green light to conduct clinical trials on the use of anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin to treat Covid-19 patient

Negative results from PCR swab tests are now the only acceptable document for air travelers visiting Bali, Governor Wayan Koster announced today, with other not-so-reliable COVID-19 tes

Jakarta (Antara) – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said the coverage of COVID-19 vaccination in the capital had reached an average of 130,000 people daily.

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore – Indonesia's drug authority has approved children aged 12 and above being vaccinated as the south-east Asian nation confronts a frightening

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated on Friday that the scheduling change of cannabis and cannabis resin at the United Nations does not mean the lega

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Thirty doctors have died of Covid-19 so far this month in Indonesia, as the country battles a second wave of infections driven by the Delta variant, tri