Yogyakarta – The recent death of Andrianto Purnawan, the head of the Indonesian Medical Association's (IDI) public participation acceleration team for COVID-19 mitigation, adds to the r

Juhri Selamet – The United Nations (UN) designated 19 November as World Toilet Day to raise awareness that 4.2 billion people live without access to safe sanitation, including in Indone

Jakarta – The coronavirus disease has continued to spread in the central and southern parts of Central Java, with spikes in cases attributable in part to a lack of awareness on COVID-19

Indonesia's confirmed COVID-19 cases have breached half a million as the Government of the world's fourth most populous nation scrambles to procure vaccines to help it win the fight aga

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The seven-day average of newly coronavirus cases in Indonesia saw a new high on Tuesday, only a day after the total number of cases hit half a million since t

Jakarta – New Covid-19 cases have been recorded following a series of mass gatherings centred around the return of Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab from self-exile in Sa

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Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has reminded the national COVID-19 task force and committee as well as provincial leaders across the nation to balance efforts aimed at containi

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan in Sunday's statement revealed a 70 percent drop in percentage of people's health protocol obedience during the past week which referred to dat

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Indonesia's confirmed COVID-19 case number has exceeded 500,000 as the country continues to endure the strain of the coronavirus pandemic, nearly nine mont

Jakarta – Banyumas regency in Central Java will temporarily close some tourist attractions in the area to contain the spread of COVID-19, antaranews.com reported.

Jakarta – The seven-day average of newly coronavirus cases hits a new high in Jakarta as officials said the city is facing new clusters of infections due to recent mass gatherings led b

Jakarta – The Limapuluh Kota Police in West Sumatra have disbanded a public wedding reception held for the child of local Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) head Joni Amir, alleging a vi

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia hit a grim milestone on Monday (Nov 23) in surpassing more than half a million cases of the coronavirus, as hospitals across the country's most populated p

Jakarta – Indonesia is unlikely to procure Covid-19 vaccines produced by the American multinational pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer and a German biotechnology company Biopharmaceutica

Bandung and Jakarta – COVID-19 hospitals in Bandung, West Java, are running out of beds with at least 88.6 percent of bed capacity already occupied.

Jakarta – Three mothers of sick children are fighting for legal changes to allow the use of cannabis for medical purposes.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Indonesia is getting closer to the 500,000 mark amid widespread infections in key hotspots, most notably Ja

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia has secured a Euro 550 million (S$876 million) loan from Germany's state bank KfW to fund its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, Jakarta's embassy in Ber

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Jakarta – Indonesia's drug supervisory body has revoked the authorization for chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate use in the Covid-19 patient treatment after a study su

Jakarta – Many volunteers with the COVID-19 task force have resigned following the task force's controversial donation of 20,000 masks for the wedding of the daughter of controversial I

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The seven-day average of newly coronavirus infections hit a new high on Thursday as Indonesia is heading into a second peak of the outbreak.

James Massola and Karuni Rompies – Indonesian President Joko Widodo's plan to fast-track the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine from next month has been stymied by his government's own

Jakarta – The government has redoubled its efforts to ensure that regional administrations enforce COVID-19 restrictions after a number of violations occurred at a series of mass gather

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Jakarta – The Ministry of Health together with the Indonesian Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (ITAGI) – along with support from UNICEF and WHO – held a national survey from Sep

Jakarta – The Cirebon Health Agency had ordered nine drug stores, clinics and medical supply stores belonging to the Pasuketan group to suspend operations after 19 of its employees test

Jakarta – The East Java administration has pledged not to support activities that might violate the 3M health protocols: menggunakan masker (mask-wearing), mencuci tangan (hand-washing)

Jakarta – It has been over eight months since President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced the first COVID-19 cases in Indonesia in March, and nearly just as long since the government launc

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The weekly trend of newly coronavirus cases has been moving to "unpleasant direction" with an unprecedented growth in the past week, the National Covid-19 Tas

Antara, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said the government continued to disseminate the Covid-19 vaccine to the public, hoping that many Indonesian citizens would be willing t

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Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has made assurances that his administration would not use the planned procurement and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines for any political and ec

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Tourism industry losses due to the pandemic have exceeded Rp 100 trillion (US$7.1 billion), a business association has stated.

Jakarta – The authorities need to enforce stricter sanctions against people who violate health protocols following the rapidly increasing daily COVID-19 cases in the nation, experts hav

Jakarta – Although the public is largely well-acquainted with preventive measures to curb COVID-19 transmission such as the "3M" protocols, a significant number of people are still at a

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Indonesia is grappling with what health authorities have described as a "significant increase" in medical waste during the COVID-19 outbreak, with a shortage

Jakarta – As Indonesia approaches the ninth month of the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities have revealed that many confirmed cases have been found among brides or their family members foll

Medan and Jakarta – A COVID-19 reactive patient, identified only as D, 22, has given birth on her own, reportedly without the help of medical personnel at FL Tobing Sibolga Hospital in

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 5,272 confirmed cases of coronavirus on Saturday, a day after daily number passed the 5,000 mark for the first time since the outbreak bega

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported a new high in daily number of coronavirus cases on Friday amid a dramatic surge in Central and West Java.

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The national COVID-19 task force confirmed 5,444 new cases on Friday, the highest single-day figure the country has seen, as the cumulative death toll passed

Jakarta – Eighteen members of an extended family in Yogyakarta have tested positive for COVID-19.

Jakarta – Indonesia has entered the monitoring stage of a phase three clinical trial for the Chinese-developed vaccine Sinovac, state-owned pharmaceutical company PT Bio Farma director

Tom Allard, Stanley Widianto, Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – Indonesia has sought emergency authorisation to start a mass vaccination campaign by the end of the year to combat the coronaviru

Jakarta – Bandar Lampung, the capital of Lampung, faces a shortage of hospital beds to treat COVID-19 patients as the city has seen a fast rise in confirmed cases.

Bandung – The team of Indonesian scientists conducting phase three clinical trials on a COVID-19 candidate vaccine developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech has sai

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – East Java and Jakarta reported the lowest daily number of coronavirus cases in months on Wednesday amid the highly fluctuating figures at the national level,

Jakarta – A COVID-19 patient being treated at Ario Wirawan pulmonary hospital in Salatiga, Central Java, has reportedly fled the facility.