Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) revoked two more pharmaceutical companies' licenses to produce medicinal syrups on Wednesday, bringing to five the tota

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) reported new findings after investigating the source of the raw material for the solvent of medicinal syrups, which is alle

Antara, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin informed on Tuesday that most patients who undergo COVID-19 treatment at hospitals are experiencing mild to moderate symptoms.

Herman, Depok – The Drug and Food Supervisory Agency, or BPOM, has expanded the list of syrup medicines being recalled for containing harmful chemicals after a recent crackdown on pharm

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The number of Indonesia's COVID-19 cases has increased rapidly in the past month.

Gadis Oktaviani, Jakarta – Professor Hasbullah Thabrany, Lead Co-Chair of Global Health Security and COVID-19 Task Force T20 Indonesia, on Sunday explained that cases of cancer in the c

Antara – Imaji Lasahido (Intern), Jakarta – The Ministry of Home Affairs is re-enforcing health protocols and booster vaccinations of Covid-19 in the extension of the implementation of

M Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Acting Jakarta Governor Heru Budi Hartono appealed to Jakarta residents to continue practicing strict health protocols amid an ongoing pandemic, especially after

Fika Nurul Ulya, Jakarta – Global health security researcher Dicky Budiman says that the government has been too neglectful about Covid-19 mutations which continue to occur.

News Desk, Jakarta – The Yogyakarta administration has reported a spike in daily new COVID-19 cases, with nearly 1,000 total active cases as of Tuesday.

Maidina Rahmawati – Police involvement in the illicit drug market is in the headlines again, after recently installed East Java Police Chief Teddy Minahasa was arrested on 14 October fo

Jakarta – The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) said on Monday it had revoked licences for syrup-type drug production by two local firms for violating manufacturing rules, as it in

Heru Andriyanto, Serang – The Drug and Food Supervisory Agency, or BPOM, on Monday made a shocking revelation that a pharmaceutical company based in the Banten capital of Serang has use

Jakarta – The rampant cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) among children were "most likely" caused by the use of contaminated syrup medicines because the number has dropped significantly

Stevani Wijaya, Jakarta – The National Police are investigating three pharmaceutical companies for allegations that they have supplied syrup medicines contaminated with unsafe chemicals

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The deaths of more than 150 children in Indonesia have sparked concern among parents over the safety of drugs sold in one of the world's most populous nations.

Stevani Wijaya, Jakarta – The National Police are investigating two pharmaceutical companies to assess possible criminal charges against the use of banned chemicals in liquid medicines

Jakarta – Scores of workers held a protest action in front of the Health Ministry offices in Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Friday October 28.

Jakarta – We champion the Indonesian Ombudsman's demand for accountability from the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) and the Health Ministry over tainted medicinal syrups that hav

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Head of the epidemiology and immunization surveillance unit at the Jakarta Health Agency, Ngabila Salama, said 44 community health centers or Puskesmas will

Vento Saudale, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has bought more antidotes to treat children with acute kidney injury (AKI) allegedly because of poisoning from chemicals contained in

Jakarta – The Indonesian authorities should approve the use of only safe solubility enhancers by drug manufacturers in medicinal syrups, said public health experts on Tuesday, as the he

Maria Fransisca Lahur, Jakarta Indonesia has recently seen a spike in COVID-19 cases.

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) says that the cases of acute kidney failure in children are because of weak supervision by the government over the

Dinda Naraya Begjani (Intern), Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) chairperson Muhammad Isnur in a press statement on Tuesday criticized the government over what the o

Maria Fransisca Lahur, Jakarta – The Food and Drugs Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has cracked down on the circulation of syrup medicines that is concluded to be the cause behind the acute ki

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The government has attributed the recent spike in acute kidney injury (AKI) cases to toxic levels of chemical compounds in medicinal syrups, as it considers a pot

Jakarta – The Health Ministry called members of the public to immediately take the booster shot following the discovery of the new XBB strain of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in the coun

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia will buy more antidotes from Singapore and Australia to help reduce child deaths from acute kidney injury linked to medicinal syrups, Health Minister

Fikri Harish, Jakarta – Consumer groups, lawmakers and pharmacists are calling for more action by the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) following its decision to order several medi

Maria Fatima Bona, Jakarta – The actual number of young children dying from atypical acute kidney injury (AKI) can be five times higher than the official government data as health autho

Jakarta – We commend the government for taking swift action to address the mysterious acute kidney injury (AKI) that has killed at least 99 Indonesian children this year.

Jakarta – The government announced on Wednesday a ban on all syrup and liquid medicine prescription and over-the-counter sales, after the deaths of nearly 100 children from acute kidney

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Jakarta – Indonesia on Saturday banned ingredients linked to the deaths of 70 children in Gambia from cough syrups in the Southeast Asian country as it investigates acute kidney damage

Sebastian Strangio – Indonesia's President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has officially launched the country's first domestically-produced COVID-19 shot, marking an important milestone on the co

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) Commissioner Jasra Putra urged the government to stop the circulation of cough medicine from India which

Jakarta – The government will investigate cases of acute kidney injury which has caused the deaths of more than 20 children in Jakarta this year, health authorities said on Wednesday.

Prime Sarmiento and Leonardus Jegho, China Daily, Hong Kong – Indonesia's development of its own COVID-19 vaccine will ensure that the country is independent and capable of controlling

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo launched the Etana Biotechnologies Indonesia biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility at East Jakarta's Pulogadung area on

Antara, Jakarta – The Jakarta Health Agency asked the government to relocate the supply of the COVID-19 vaccine from other regions with surplus stock to the capital as its stock is star

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Kiki Siregar, Karagasem, Bali – Standing regally on the eastern side of Bali in Karangasem regency lies Mount Agung, the highest mountain on Indonesia's Island of the Gods.

News Desk, Jakarta – Despite the pledge from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo that the government would start relaxing COVID-19 restrictions, the Home Affairs Ministry has decided to impl

Mohammad Arief Hidayat and Dani Randi (Banda Aceh) – The chairperson of the Acehnese Regional House of Representatives' (DPR Aceh) Commission V for Health Affairs, M Rizal Falevi, has p

Hendro Situmorang, Jakarta – The Drug and Food Supervisory Agency (BPOM) on Friday issued the emergency use authorization for two local vaccines against Covid-19 called IndoVac and AWco

Jakarta – Indonesia said it has granted emergency use approval to an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine developed by a Chinese company, becoming the first country, ahead of even China, to do so.

Jakarta – Indonesia has approved its first domestically-produced COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use for people over 18, the chief of the country's food and drugs agency (BPOM) was quote

President Joko Widodo said he won't follow in the way of US President Joe Biden after the latter declared that the pandemic is over in his country.

Jakarta – The Health Ministry said on Wednesday morning that the mobile COVID-19 tracking application PeduliLindungi was back online following technical difficulties that the ministry b