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Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has called on the public to use only masks that actually protect them against the coronavirus, explaining that not all masks are made e

Jakarta – Berau Regent H. Muharram died on Tuesday evening after undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at Pertamina Hospital in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.

Jakarta – Research and Technology Minister and National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) head Bambang Brodjonegoro has said the ministry is developing COVID-19 test kits to improve

Randy Mulyanto – Since Indonesia's capital Jakarta reimposed social-distancing restrictions last Monday, motorcycle ride-hailing driver Yosef has seen his daily income decrease by more

Dwi Argo Santosa, Jakarta – The Association of Indonesian Nurses, or PPNI, claimed on Tuesday nearly 3,000 members have been infected by coronavirus and the number could grow significan

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Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Deputy Chairman Erwin Aksa expected a breakthrough represented by the government to contain the spread of Covid

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – A recent survey by the Health Ministry has found that many citizens do not believe that COVID-19 exists and that many have challenged the call to adhere to h

Jakarta – Health authorities in Central Java have forced two women to self-isolate after they had planned to visit shopping centers despite having tested positive for COVID-19.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Indonesia has set a new record in the last 24 hours, with 4,176 new cases to take the country's total to 248,852.

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Arya Dipa, Bandung – The West Java administration has asked the central government for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests to increase the province's COVID-19 testing capacity.

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The government has increased the deployment of police and military personnel to improve compliance with health protocols as the nation struggles to control th

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The daily death toll in the Indonesian Covid-19 outbreak has exceeded 100 for seven consecutive days, the longest streak of three-digit deaths as newly cases

Primus Dorimulu, Dina Fitri Anisa, Indah Handayani, Jakarta – Indonesia would soon run out of hospital beds to handle Covid-19 patients in a severe and critical condition, presenting a

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto is in hot water because of a recent comment about having deployed thousands of medical interns to the front lines of the

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has temporarily shuttered 37 companies based in the city since full large-scale restrictions (PSBB) were reimposed in the capital earlier this week

Carlos Roy Fajarta, Iman Rahman Cahyadi, Jakarta – Indonesia is expanding the capacity of its main isolation facility for Covid-19 patients in the capital Jakarta as the number of new c

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Jakarta – Health authorities suspect that several patients currently in treatment at the Wisma Atlet COVID-19 hospital in Jakarta contracted the coronavirus from family members, because

Yudo Dahono, Yustinus Paat, Dina Manafe, Jakarta – The latest data have revealed that the ministries and government institutions' offices as hot spots for the Covid-19 spread in Jakarta

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Indonesia registered a record high of 4,168 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the country's total to 240,687 cases with 9,448 fatalities.

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The rising number of coronavirus cases in Jakarta has forced the capital's administration to add 13 city-owned hospitals to the roster of COVID-19 referral hospi

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – An epidemiologist with the University of Indonesia, Pandu Riono, viewed that President Joko Widodo or Jokowi should directly intervene in the Covid-19 mitigation

Alya Nurbaiti and Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – In what seems to be an irony in the country's fight against the coronavirus, the Health Ministry office in Kuningan, South Jakarta, turns out

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Authorities in the Jakarta Metro Area have recorded 22,801 people violating health protocols – including wearing masks – in just four days.

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry is working with the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) to provide hotel rooms to isolate COVID-19

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – State pharmaceutical holding company PT Bio Farma will have a chance to become an international vaccine producer as it has partnered with the Coalition for

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Jakarta – General Elections Commission (KPU) chairman Arief Budiman tested positive for COVID-19 after undergoing a swab test on Thursday evening.

Jakarta – A joint team comprising the National Police, Indonesian Military (TNI) and local stakeholders have netted hundreds of thousands of health protocol violators through Operasi Yu

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie and Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has confirmed that 11 City Hall employees have tested positive for COVID-19.

Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force chief Doni Monardo says diabetes mellitus has been the most common comorbidity in COVID-19 deaths in Indonesia.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has called on the government to form a health protection committee for medical personnel as more than 100 members of the association h

Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto – When Ari Harifin Hendriyawan's mother tested positive for the coronavirus, their neighbors brought a hammer and nails and boarded up the lane.

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Indonesia has lost yet another senior government official to COVID-19 following the passing of the Jakarta administration's secretary Saefullah, who has spent

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Health Ministry is distributing financial incentives to resident physicians who have been contributing to COVID-19 care at Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, We

Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force chief Doni Monardo said that 92 percent of COVID-19 patients in certain regions of the country had comorbidities, putting them at high risk from t

Sheany – Bali Governor Wayan Koster today urged for stricter adherence to health protocolos following a worrying rise of COVID-19 cases on the island lately, with the province bringing

Jakarta – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim more lives across the country, many provinces have issued stringent health regulations and imposed hefty penalties on violators to

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia's government institutions must set examples of disciplined health protocols, said House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani following the emergenc

Jakarta – Two weeks after Depok, West Java, imposed curfews to counter the rising number of cases of COVID-19, the city has seen businesses beginning to close down.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is in hot water for holding a final tribute to Jakarta secretary Saefullah, who died after contracting COVID-19, by bringing his

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – New confirmed cases of coronavirus in Indonesia jumped by 3,635 on Thursday to take its total to 232,628, as Riau province in the center of Sumatra Island add

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The Health Ministry COVID-19 cluster is the largest in Jakarta, according to data provided by the city administration.

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Members of the public across the country have been left puzzled by health protocol regulations issued by authorities, especially regarding the use of face masks

Jakarta – The majority of cigarette smokers in Indonesia are skeptical about evidence that suggests they are at higher risk of COVID-19, a survey conducted by the National Commission on

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has beaten its own record in one-day rise of coronavirus cases three times this month, including another new high on Wednesday.

Jakarta – Relying on a vaccine as the only solution, the government has lost its way in its handling of the pandemic. This is a reflection of Jokowi's poor leadership.