Lenny Tristia Tambun, Dion Bisara, Vento Saudale, Jakarta – The World Health Organization has warned that Indonesia may risk increasing local Covid-19 transmission and adding pressure

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The transmission rate of coronavirus has been picking up the pace in Jakarta and East Java since the beginning of the month, offering a bleak outlook to the

Tim Mann – Indonesia is still struggling to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Its fatalities are the worst in Southeast Asia, but so far the most dire predictions have not come true.

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Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Health authorities are demanding that Jakarta's satellite cities follow the capital's lead in increasing the testing capacity, as the capital deals with more an

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Data discrepancies have continued to be a problem for Indonesia five months since it announced its first COVID-19 cases, prompting concerns about outdated da

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Nine cities across the country have more than 1,000 active COVID-19 cases, the national COVID-19 task force announced on Wednesday.

James Massola – Indonesia is negotiating with key regional governments, including Australia's, to allow international tourism to re-start.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – In a race against time before a potential vaccine passes its final trials, the government is set to expand its COVID-19 testing capacity by increasing the dome

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono, the University of Indonesia (UI) Head of Epidemiology, criticized the Jakarta administration for insisting to enforce the transitio

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Several nongovernment organizations have launched initiatives to encourage people to protect themselves and their communities from COVID-19 in Jakarta, the coun

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian capital saw another record in the daily number of coronavirus infection on Saturday, with 686 new cases to bring the total number of confirmed

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Local religious figures should play a larger role in educating people about COVID-19 health protocols, an official from Muhammadiyah, the country's second

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has appointed Army chief of staff Gen.

Robertus Wardi, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported the second highest daily rise or coronavirus cases on Friday, with Jakarta hitting its new high since the outbreak to surp

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Indonesian scientists are set to start the phase III clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by China-based biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Bio

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Jakarta reported 658 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the highest one-day spike since the first infections were recorded in March, bringing the total number

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The possible development of a vaccine has brought as much hope to Indonesia as it has to any other country battered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Friski Riana, Jakarta – University of Indonesia epidemiologist, Pandu Riono, reacted to President Jokowi's instruction for stricter field-application of COVID-19 health protocols and a

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Head of the Jakarta Health Agency Widyastuti said that the city could not work alone in containing the COVID-19 pandemic despite its recent increase in the cap

Antara, Jakarta – A civil servant in the Central Java district of Banyumas was sentenced to 3.5 months in prison on Thursday for provoking villagers to reject the burial of a deceased

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered the nationwide enforcement of COVID-19 protocols, making violations subject to legal sanctions throughout the c

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Jakarta – Indonesia continues to record a high COVID-19 death rate, with the rate being higher than the global average, an official has reported.

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Jakarta Health Agency reported that the COVID-19 positivity rate in the capital city has again increased.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – East Java has reported the highest number of coronavirus cases for the third day in a row on Wednesday, while confirmed cases in Central Java passed the 10,0

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has collected billions of rupiah in fines from violators of the capital's large-scale social restrictions (PSBB), amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Manpower and Transmigration Office has temporarily shut down 26 offices over the past week.

Antara, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) ordered to conduct a two-week "wear face mask" campaign on a massive scale throughout Indonesia to curtail the spread of the coronaviru

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Indonesian singer/songwriter and YouTuber Erdian Aji Prihartanto, popularly known as Anji, has sparked controversy after his interview with Hadi Pranoto, who c

James Massola – Indonesia is likely to have hit one million cases of coronavirus already – nearly 10 times its official number – two of the country's leading epidemiologists say.

Dina Fitri Anisa, Jakarta – At least 72 doctors have died from Covid-19 in the five months the health workers battling with the increasing number of cases in the country, putting Indon

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Medical workers in Jakarta are concerned about the increasing bed occupancy rates in the city's hospitals and the increasing number of COVID-19 cases, with t

Jakarta – At least 72 doctors across the country have died from COVID-19, the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) said on Saturday.

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is amassing a significant amount of money from city residents who seem not to care about flouting COVID-19 health protocols, as the

Jakarta – More than half of the people tested for COVID-19 at houses of worship were found to have the disease, health authorities have revealed.

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – The Indonesian Public Health Experts Association (IAKMI) has criticised the government for failing to involve professional healthcare organisations in dealing w

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Indonesia should include youths as one of the priorities in COVID-19 relief efforts, since it is the younger generation who will bear the brunt of the lon

Kompas, Jakarta – The West Java provincial government decided on Saturday to extend the large-scale social restrictions, or PSBB, in five districts and municipalities that share border

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Central Java surpassed South Sulawesi to join the top three provinces with the most cases of coronavirus on Saturday, while Jakarta is closing in on East Jav

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Indonesia have increased by 51,991 in the whole month of July, during which the virus has made a comeback in Jakarta as a b

Arya Dipa and Suherdjoko, Bandung – Authorities have put the West Java gubernatorial office, Gedung Sate, in Bandung as well as Diponegoro University's (Undip) Law School in Semarang,

Jakarta – The government seems to have lost its way in dealing with the pandemic.

James Massola and Karuni Rompies – At least 70 doctors and 50 nurses have died from coronavirus in Indonesia, with hundreds more contracting the disease while fighting the pandemic.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has urged people to "come out of their homes" to boost the economy, warning that there are limits to what state coffers can d

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Pharmaceutical companies have seen declines of between 50 to 60 percent in demand for drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic as people avoid visiting med

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is amassing a significant amount of money from city residents who seem not to care about flouting COVID-19 health protocols, as the

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Jakarta has extended its transitional period from large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for another two weeks starting on Friday after failing to slow down th

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The total death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Indonesia exceeded 5,000 on Thursday as daily deaths have been climbing in the last four days.

Jakarta – Jakarta reported 584 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, its highest one-day spike since the first confirmed cases were detected in the capital in March.