Budi Satriawan, Yogyakarta – Researchers in Indonesia have found a way to fight disease-bearing mosquitoes by breeding a species of the insect which carries a kind of bacteria that prev

Irfan Kamil, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Health and Justice has criticised the government's policy of reducing the price of Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests

Jakarta – Indonesia has approved the Sinovac Biotech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6-11, its food and drug agency said on Monday, following the U.S.

Agung Sandy Lesmana and Stephanus Aranditio – Former Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Publications and Education Director Agustinus Edy Kristianto has revealed the names of sever

Jakarta – Indonesia has received more than 12 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine in three days, bringing the total vaccine delivered to the country to more than 300 million doses, ac

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The government's plan to broaden the PCR test mandate outside of air travel grabbed the attention of the Indonesian Association of Clinical and Laboratory Pathol

The gold standard COVID-19 diagnostic tool has become slightly more accessible to Indonesians, after the government this afternoon announced PCR swab test's price ceiling has been lower

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The Minister of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) Johnny G.

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) chairperson Tulus Abadi on Tuesday gave his response to President Joko Widodo's public request to lower the cost of PC

Jakarta – Indonesia received on Monday about 684,400 doses of Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccine from New Zealand.

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Aviation observer and PT Asia Aero Technology commissioner Alvin Lie on Tuesday commented on the cost of Covid-19 PCR testing, which he suspects had been priced

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has urged a further reduction in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test cost amid mounting pressures from air passengers who are obli

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The government decided to relax the public mobility restrictions or PPKM policy in line with the improving conditions of COVID-19.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – A top-level government team is visiting the United States for talks with pharmaceutical company Merck on the possibility of manufacturing Molnupiravir, an ant

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin hoped that 59 percent of the Indonesian people targeted for COVID-19 vaccination would be fully vaccinated by the end of this

Jakarta – The Covid-19 situation in Indonesia has improved significantly with a steady decline in new cases and deaths over the last few weeks.

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – A senior apostolic nunciature official has welcomed attempts by Timor-Leste's government to vaccinate a skeptical population against Covid-19, saying a touted papa

A military officer stationed at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport allegedly assisted influencer Rachel Vennya in escaping mandatory COVID-19 quarantine after returning from abroad, a

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Jakarta Health Agency Head Widyastuti said the increase in daily COVID-19 cases in the capital was due to the active case-finding (ACF).

Jakarta – Indonesia plans a nationwide seroprevalence survey over the next two weeks to determine whether that substantial portion of its population already has immunity against Covid-1

Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – University of Indonesia Faculty of Medicine's Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine professor Tjandra Yoga Aditama on Monday revealed that Ind

Jakarta – Nine months since the Indonesian government ran the COVID-19 vaccination program, the vaccination rate in Papua Province is lowest, a recent national count says.

Indonesia this weekend celebrated the divinely good news that Saudi Arabia is set to reopen its borders to pilgrims from the world's most populous Muslim country, though it appears the

Immanuel C S, Mecca Yumna, Semarang, Central Java – Head of the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) Daeng M.

Jakarta – More than 100 million Indonesian citizens have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine since the vaccination drive began on January 13, according to Health Ministry

Jakarta Globe, Jakarta – The government is considering reducing the mandatory quarantine period for arriving international travelers, either Indonesian citizens or foreigners, to five d

Indonesia's Health Ministry says people shouldn't worry about the security of their personal data now that screening features of the government's PeduliLindungi app have been integrated

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The UK government recently announced it would recognize Indonesia's proof of Covid-19 vaccination starting next week.

Jakarta – Indonesia has reached the 150 million mark in Covid-19 vaccine shots administered, overtaking Japan as the country with the fifth highest number of jabs in a global ranking.

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Timor-Leste's cabinet ministers are personally spearheading a renewed mass vaccination campaign targeting more than 80 percent of the population in a bid to overco

Antara, Jakarta – The city government of Yogyakarta has said that it is optimistic of reaching its COVID-19 vaccination target on the city's 265th anniversary, which falls on October 7,

Jakarta – Indonesia is distributing the recently arrived 453,960 doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines to seven provinces in Kalimantan and Sumatra.

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Covid-19 task force official records as of Thursday suggest that the recipients of complete vaccine doses in the country has grown by 700,367, adding to

At least 156 COVID-19 vaccine doses perished after a group of fishermen and fish sellers in Aceh thrashed a jab venue on Tuesday, leading to three arrests thus far.

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Surveys by Change.org Indonesia, Katadata Insight Center (KIC), and KawalCOVID19.id have shown that the majority of the respondents are not in support of the pai

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia is finalising a plan to offer free Covid-19 vaccine boosters to more than 114 million people in anticipation of an "inevitable" third wave of coronavirus

Antara, Jakarta – The World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, and developed countries have praised Indonesia for its success in curbing COVID-19 cases, Cabinet Secretary Pramon

Jakarta – Indonesia is ramping up its efforts to get its senior citizens vaccinated against Covid-19 to prevent a surge in cases that are now taking place in neighboring countries.

Essential features in the government's PeduliLindungi app will soon be available within other major Indonesian apps, as the government seeks to expand digital screening and tracing cove

M.A Murtadho, Jakarta – The Strategic Policy Institute Foundation (LEKAS) on Sunday warned that the annual growth of HIV/AIDS cases in the West Javan city of Bogor can potentially becom

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – A shortage of healthcare workers and logistical flaws are hampering Indonesia's efforts to inoculate its people against Covid-19, leaving the world's largest archi

Chairul Fikri, Jakarta – A court in Tangerang, Banten has found seven Indian nationals guilty of resisting Covid-19 quarantine requirement in Indonesia and handed them a five-month susp

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded the lowest daily Covid-19 death toll in half a year and the smallest daily tally of new cases in more than a year on Sunday.

Maria Fatima Bona, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is ramping up mass vaccination against Covid-19, targeting at least 70 percent of the population partially vaccinated before the e

Sastra Wijaya – Only weeks after the peak of Indonesia's second COVID-19 wave in July, Jakarta couple Rahmadian Satari and Myrna Kirana were winging their way to Bali for a holiday.

Antara, Jakarta – An epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia's School of Public Health (FKM UI), Iwan Ariawan, opined that the long year-end holiday has the potential to increas

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The Indonesian Epidemiologists Association (PAEI) of Papua revealed a number of challenges faced in mitigating Covid-19 situations in Papua from various aspects.

Antara, Jakarta – An epidemiologist with the Griffith University of Australia, Dicky Budiman, reminded the public about the Covid-19 third wave threat.

Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – Indonesia has shed its undesirable tag as Southeast Asia's COVID-19 epicenter, and now has the least daily infections per capita in the region.

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – People who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19 are sinners for endangering other people, according to an Indonesian archbishop who has been infected with the