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

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 – 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.

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 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.

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.

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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.

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.

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

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

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

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 – 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

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Yustinus Paat, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Officials expressed concern that recent mass protests against the newly-adopted job creation law may trigger a new wave of

Ana Salva – Australian and Indonesian scientists have been conducting trials on a technique they believe has the potential to eradicate the deadly dengue virus in its strongholds in Sou

Jakarta – Fourteen protesters arrested during a rally against the Job Creation Law in Jakarta on Thursday have tested positive for COVID-19.

Jakarta – Gerindra politician Soepriyatno died on Friday at Pertamina Central Hospital, South Jakarta, as a result of COVID-19.

Jakarta – Jakarta residents can ask the Jakarta Fire Mitigation and Rescue Agency to disinfect their neighborhoods through a free service.

Jakarta – The number of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients undergoing self-isolation at three hotels in Jakarta has reached 319 patients, around 45 percent of the total capacity of 706 beds

Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo has urged authorities to conduct an overall evaluation of COVID-19 handling in Jakarta, Depok, Tangerang and Beka

Jakarta – The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has warned of the possibility that new COVID-19 clusters may emerge from demonstrations against the Job Creation Law that have been ta

Jakarta – Ten people who took part in a water park tour have tested positive for COVID-19 in Temanggung regency, Central Java, with one of them succumbing to the disease.

Fathin Ungku, Ernest Scheyder, Singapore/Houston – When miners at Indonesia's giant Grasberg gold and copper mine started testing positive for coronavirus early in the pandemic, the mou

Jakarta – The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday to help Indone

Jakarta – Some 1,000 unexamined COVID-19 swab samples have piled up at the regional health laboratory (Labkesda) in Bogor regency, West Java, as the number of cases in the regency conti

Jakarta – A much-anticipated regulation on COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination has been issued.

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto, a radiologist who heads the Indonesian Radiology Specialists Association (PDSRI), has come under fire yet again after i

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Indonesia is in a race against time to contain the COVID-19 outbreak as patients overrun health facilities and medical workers are overwhelmed, but primary effor

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported the highest single-day rise of confirmed coronavirus cases on Thursday with 4,850 new cases to take the country's total to 320,564, as more

Arlina Arshad – Indonesia is caught in a blame game as its Covid-19 cases surge.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Muhaemin looked on as a dozen men dug fresh graves and ambulances brought yet more bodies to the vast Pondok Ranggon cemetery he supervises in eastern Jakarta.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has announced its plan to put stickers on the houses of residents currently self-isolating.