Jakarta – Edhi Ahmadi, a 67-year-old resident of Danaraja in Banyumas, Central Java, donned a plastic bracelet put on him by Banyumas Regent Achmad Husein on Monday.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Once was the worst-affected province in the Indonesian coronavirus outbreak, East Java now sees a greatly reduced intensity of caseloads thanks to soaring num

Maikel Jefriando, Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – The president of the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, Joko Widodo, called on Monday for Indonesia not to rush the rollout of vaccine

Jakarta – Asmat regency in Papua has decided to limit access to and from the area for 28 days, starting on Sunday, after eight people in the regency's capital Agats tested positive for

Indonesia's Islamic authority is set to have a pivotal role in the country's vaccination drive, which the government is hoping would begin as early as the end of this year.

Jakarta – Having seen the many people who have lost income and even their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of people in Bekasi, West Java, has decided to open a market that se

Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry has started to deliver aid to eight pesantren (Islamic boarding school) in West Java and Central Java whose students have tested positive for CO

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – All 1,620 Indonesian volunteers have received trial vaccine against coronavirus provided by China's Sinovac Biotech during the phase 3 clinical trial in the W

Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, who is also the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) chairman, has said Muslims in the country can follow the council's fatwas that provide guidance in f

Jakarta – A 5-day-old baby has died of COVID-19 in Jeneponto, South Sulawesi.

Jakarta – Eight Bekasi police who were deployed to handle rallies that broke out after the House of Representatives approved the Job Creation Law on Oct.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has registered 70,754 coronavirus cases since October 1, up from around 58,000 cases at this point last month, suggesting that the peak in new infec

Jakarta – Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi and State-owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir visited the United Kingdom and Switzerland earlier this week to strengthen bilateral and mu

Jakarta – With the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across the world and Indonesia, Siau Tagulandang Biaro (Sitaro) Islands regency in North Sulawesi has become a rare case of a region with a

Jakarta – As part of the nation's efforts to tackle COVID-19, the public's change of behavior in implementing health protocols is essential, and family plays a significant part in endor

Jakarta – East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Governor Viktor B.

Jakarta – The national COVID-19 task force says in general COVID-19 handling in 10 prioritized provinces is showing good results, but it highlighted that three provinces needed special

James Massola – The Indonesian government is "betting the farm" on a successful COVID-19 vaccination campaign, says a former cabinet minister in Joko Widodo's government and key ally of

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia's recent surge in coronavirus cases is partly attributable to soaring newly cases in West Sumatra and Riau, both have reached five digits in overall

A woman who flushed away her good sense by hurling feces at a healthcare worker has received criminal charges for her action, weeks after the incident.

Jakarta – The city of Bogor, which is currently designated an "orange zone"for moderate risk of COVID-19 transmission, has decided to restore dine-in services at restaurants until 9 p.m

Antara, Jakarta – The British government has praised Indonesia for checking the spread of coronavirus disease infections in the country, State Enterprises Minister and chief of the Comm

Jakarta – A total of 136 doctors in the country have died of COVID-19 after four doctors succumbed to the respiratory disease this week, the Indonesian Doctor Association (IDI) has said

Jakarta – Indonesia on Thursday (Oct 15) reported 4,411 new coronavirus infections, taking its tally to 349,160, passing the Philippines with the highest case number in Southeast Asia.

Jakarta – The national COVID-19 task force has called on regional administrations not to let their guards down even if their region has been downgraded to an orange or green zone.

Jakarta/Manila – Indonesia has overtaken the Philippines to become South-east Asia's new pandemic hot spot on Thursday (Oct 15), as it struggles to contain surging Covid-19 infections w

Jakarta – It has been seven months since President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced the first confirmed COVID-19 cases in Indonesia.

Jakarta – Malaka regency in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) is among those areas that have been relative successful in promoting the government's "3M" health protocols comprising wearing masks

Jakarta – State-owned pharmaceutical company PT Bio Farma has confirmed that the COVID-19 vaccine will be priced at around Rp 200,000 (US$13.57) per dosage when it becomes available.

The Jakarta City Council says it's drafting a new set of regional regulations that could see the introduction of hefty fines for health protocol violators, most notable among them a fin

Jakarta – The national COVID-19 task force has called on the National Police and the military to test personnel deployed to the Job Creation Law protests because protesters arrested in

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has urged the central government to evaluate its COVID-19 handling by prioritizing basic rights principles.

Jakarta – The West Java administration is looking for people with medical backgrounds to serve as volunteers to help mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 in Depok city.

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Jakarta – The government says it has secured commitments for the delivery of 271.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines.

Jakarta – The number of flights at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport went up by 5 percent on the first day of relaxed large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in Jakarta.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Riau and West Sumatra have been experiencing a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases since the beginning of the month, with daily numbers nearly matching those

Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – Indonesia has agreed on a deal to procure 100 million dosages of Covid-19 vaccines from British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, as part of the country's

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia is aiming to start administering coronavirus vaccines in early November by relying on supply from Chinese drugmakers, as the world's fourth mo

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has initiated various efforts to secure access to a COVID-19 vaccine.

Jakarta – Seven months have passed since Indonesia announced its first COVID-19 case with the crisis continuing unabated as testing remains insufficient.

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has said indoor sports centers and gyms may resume operations starting Monday, following the relaxation of large-scale social restrictions (PSB

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – COVID-19 has killed eight people with HIV/AIDS in Indonesia, and 77 people with HIV have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Health Ministry has sai

Jakarta – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has shared his experience as one of the more than 1,000 volunteers in Indonesia's recent COVID-19 vaccine trials.

Jakarta – Citing the recent elimination of COVID-19 red zones in East Java and South Sulawesi, the national COVID-19 task force has said other regions should take the provinces as examp

Jakarta – The government, in cooperation with the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), has prepared 120 hotels in nine provinces to accommodate asymptomatic COVID-19 pati

Jakarta – With the SARS-CoV-2 virus continuing to spread at an alarming rate, more and more public figures are contracting COVID-19, including United States President Donald Trump.

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Jakarta – Some movie theaters in Bandung, West Java, have reopened for business as of Friday.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The Indonesian capital will gradually ease pandemic restrictions for two weeks starting Monday (Oct 12), given the slower growth in Covid-19 infections and act