It's official: the general public in Indonesia can now get their COVID-19 booster shot just three months after completing their first two jabs.
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March 1, 2022
Tempo.Co, Jakarta – TNI Commander General Andika Perkasa missed the Armed Forces and National Police leaders meeting held today at the TNI Headquarters in Cilangkap, East Jakarta.
Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has officially added Sinopharm to the list of authorized COVID-19 booster regimens.
Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The government decided to extend the enforcement of public activity restrictions (PPKM) protocol in all provinces including Bali and Yogyakarta for t
February 28, 2022
Antara, Jakarta – Most COVID-19 patients who died were unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated against the virus, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated.
February 26, 2022
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Denpasar (Bali) – Indonesia is considering allowing quarantine-free travel earlier than expected as Covid-19 cases trend downwards around the vast archipelago.
February 25, 2022
Indonesia's Ministry of Health said that COVID-19 patients can now undergo self-isolation for just seven days as infections involving the Omicron variant – the most dominant in Indonesi
Owen Howell – A new record was set for daily COVID-19 infections in Indonesia, with 64,718 confirmed cases Wednesday last week.
Joniansyah Hardjono, Jakarta – The Soekarno-Hatta Airport Resort Police are exploring cases of fake COVID-19 test results that were connected to the COVID-19 app PeduliLindungi.
February 24, 2022
Jakarta – The total number of active Covid-19 cases reached a new high on Thursday and surpassed the previous record when the Delta was the dominant variant in the mid of last year.
Jakarta – The World Health Organization has appointed Indonesia as one of the beneficiaries of mRNA-based vaccine technology transfer, signaling the organization's confidence in the cou
It has been quite a rollercoaster ride for the Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan).
Sastra Wijaya and Hellena Souisa – Iman Nugroho is currently isolating at home after getting COVID-19 for the third time.
February 23, 2022
Arrijal Rachman, Jakarta – The Indonesian Health Ministry has decided to adjust the PCR exit test for people in self-isolation after being exposed to Covid-19 by reducing it from two te
February 21, 2022
Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said the level status of the public activity restrictions (PPKM) in
Maria Fatima Bona, Jakarta – The government claimed on Monday that at least five provinces including the national capital of Jakarta have seemingly passed the peak of their latest Covid
Antara, Jakarta – Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows Indonesia is at the 17th place for the highest number of cases of Covid-19 by country, as quoted by the National Di
Maria Fatima Bona, Jakarta – The government will pay back hospitals an additional Rp 25 trillion ($1.7 billion) for allocating beds for Covid-19 patients last year, Health Minister Budi
February 18, 2022
M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Friday virtually monitored the vaccinations held in a number of regions along with regional leaders.
M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – A government spokesman for the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, explained why Omicron cases in Indonesia continued to surge up to 200 percen
Andi Firdaus, Resinta S, Jakarta – Several areas in Java and Bali have started to record a decline in the number of cases of COVID-19 in contrast to the peak of the Delta wave in July-A
February 17, 2022
Zubi M, Rahmad Nasution, Jakarta – Indonesia reported its biggest daily increase in coronavirus infections with 64,718 cases recorded as of 12 noon on Wednesday, according to data relea
February 16, 2022
Jakarta (AFP) – Indonesia reported a record number of new coronavirus cases on Tuesday (Feb 15) as the Omicron variant spreads across the country.
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is currently facing a Covid-19 infections surge fueled by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, but the Health Ministry announced on Tuesday
February 15, 2022
Mentari D G, Mecca Yumna, Jakarta – The government has decided to not impose stricter regulations during level 3 of community activity restrictions, as the number of COVID-19 cases in s
Zacharias Wuragil, Jakarta – The broad spread of Covid-19 infections caused by the latest variant, Omicron, has made Indonesia become one of the largest contributors to the number of ca
Antara, Jakarta – The number of Indonesians who have received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine or have been fully vaccinated has crossed 135 million as of 12 noon on Monday, according
February 14, 2022
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Indonesia has logged a rising number of COVID-19 cases lately with a daily death increase of 111 on Sunday, which is the highest case increase since the new Omicr
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – The Timor-Leste government has approved a food basket program to support vulnerable families and ensure economic recovery at national and local level amid a spike
Grace Sihombing – Indonesia is considering lifting all quarantine requirements for travelers around April as Covid-19 hospitalizations and fatality rates remain under control despite a
February 12, 2022
Arrijal Rachman, Jakarta – Indonesian Covid-19 task force announced 55,209 people were confirmed to contract Coronavirus on Saturday, February 12, totaling the number to 4,763,252.
Jakarta – Jakarta, where people's mobility is high, remains the epicenter of the pandemic and it has seen its hospital occupancy rate for COVID-19 patients rise, albeit mostly for asymp
Anita Permata D, Suharto, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded 40,489 positive COVID-19 cases on Friday, with Jakarta chalking up the highest number of daily cases at 10,707, the Health Ministr
February 11, 2022
Tassia Sipahutar – Indonesia reported 100 deaths from Covid-19 in a day, the highest since September, as the jump in cases starts to send more people to hospitals.
February 10, 2022
Surabaya – Indonesia began testing a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine on humans Wednesday after getting the green light from the drug regulator as the country faces a rising wave of virus cas
Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Depok – The Depok city administration said COVID-19 isolation beds at the centralized isolation site in the Guest House of the University of Indonesia's Japanese
Antara, Jakarta – PT Freeport Indonesia has again shut down its public facilities in its work area in Mimika Regency, Papua Province.
Andi Firdaus, Raka Adji, Jakarta – The COVID-19 positivity rate among health workers is currently high, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, has informed.
February 9, 2022
Daniel Ahmad, Jakarta – An epidemiologist from Australia's Griffith University, Dicky Budiman, shared optimism that the wave of COVID-19 transmission due to the Omicron variant in Indon
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Timor-Leste Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak has been forced to cancel a visit to Australia after contracting Covid-19 for a second time.
February 8, 2022
Indonesia's government likely won't impose strict restrictions despite a surge in COVID-19 cases, as the Executive Office of the President (KSP) said that there is no need yet to take d
February 7, 2022
Daniel Ahmad, Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria asked the city residents to remain calm as the hospital bed occupancy rate (BOR) hit 63 percent following the surge in
Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – The Bandung municipal administration ordered on Friday that Mal Festival Citylink, a shopping mall on Jl.
Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia has tightened mobility in Jakarta, Bandung and Bali to the second-highest level as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continued to spread rapidly.
Lenny Tristia Tambun & Herman, Jakarta – The elderly population accounts for 44 percent of the 356 Covid-19 deaths since Indonesia confirmed its first case of the highly contagious
Antara, Jakarta – An epidemiologist from Andalas University, Defriman Djafri, stated that the enforcement of the emergency public activity restriction or Emergency PPKM is needed to cur
February 6, 2022
Jakarta – The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, has asked Indonesians aged 60 years and above not to leave the house for the next month
February 5, 2022
Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – Deputy Chief of the Covid-19 Mitigation Committee Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, predicted that the number of Covid-19 Omicron cases will continue to increase.
Jakarta – The widely predicted third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is now raging, driven mainly by the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus, which has been spreading like w
February 4, 2022
Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – Head of the Covid-19 task force lieutenant general Suharyanto on Thursday received complaints from a number of foreign nationals regarding Indonesia's Covi