Maria Fatima Bona, Vento Saudale, Jakarta – Shortage in global vaccine supplies has slowed Indonesia's attempts to ramp up vaccination against Covid-19 but somehow the country managed t

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Health Ministry disclosed that the limited number of health workers who are tasked to input Covid-19 data resulted in the accumulation of non-real-time data,

Endri Kurniawati, Jakarta – Epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia, Pandu Riono, said the implementation of the odd-even policy for four-wheeled vehicles in Jakarta has no rele

Fianda Sjofjan, Raka Adji, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Jaya Police has said it will conduct door-to-door vaccinations as part of the ongoing Merdeka Vaccination Program, which is targeting

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Indonesia's independent data initiative, LaporCovid-19, found that over 19,000 Covid deaths reported by the district/city governments are not registered in the ce

Jakarta – The head of the Indonesian Association of Epidemiology Experts (PAEI) professional development division, Masdalina Pane, is questioning the indicators being used by the govern

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Governor Anies Baswedan allows malls, worship places and outdoor sport venues to reopen with certain capacity limits on the basis of a steady decline in newly C

Dili (Reuters) – Timor Leste has recorded its first case of community transmission of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, raising concerns by its health ministry abo

Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has decided to extend Covid-19 social restrictions across Java and Bali islands until Aug.

Antara, Jakarta – The Jakarta Provincial Government has raised the Covid-19 vaccination target to 11 million people from the previous 8.8 million.

Police in North Jakarta have arrested a vaccinator who was caught on video injecting a boy with an empty syringe that should have contained the COVID-19 vaccine.

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – An epidemiologist from the Griffith University Dicky Budiman on Tuesday spoke about his fears of Covid-19 undetected cases, despite commending the government's de

Jakarta – The government has extended its COVID-19 curbs on Java and Bali until Aug.

Maria Fatima Bona, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded 2,048 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday, the second time that the daily death toll has topped the 2,000 mark since t

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded the lowest number of newly Covid-19 cases since June 30 as the extended lockdown across Java and Bali entered the final day on Monday.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government plans stricter measures to limit public mobility and gathering during the raging Covid-19 outbreak by requiring its citizens to show

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia's capital Jakarta is set to ease Covid-19 curbs from Tuesday (Aug 10), allowing shopping malls and restaurants in the city to reopen with limi

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin lifted the rule on the implementation of the Gotong Royong Covid-19 vaccine program for individuals.

Aisyah Llewellyn, Medan, Indonesia – It was the evening after the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on July 20 when Hambal M Zain began to run a fever.

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Health Ministry revealed that the hospital bed occupancy rate (BOR) for Covid-19 patients in Java and Bali continued to improve.

Anne Barker and Lucia Stein – Experts fear Indonesia, considered one of the world's COVID-19 epicentres, is now a high-risk "hotspot" for the emergence of a new coronavirus "super strai

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A study has shown that Sinovac's Covid-19 vaccine CoronaVac is 85 per cent effective against symptomatic illness and 92 per cent against hospitalisation

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Eight-year-old Alviano Dava Raharjo knew that his parents had been admitted to hospital in West Kutai, East Kalimantan, but he was puzzled why they had not com

Indonesia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout has had its fair share of unique stories, but the story of an elderly woman in West Java going on a piggyback ride to get her jab is a reminder that

Pribadi Wicaksono (Contributor), Yogyakarta – Following concerns over the COVID-19 Delta variant, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan asked

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia received reports that many health workers were intimidated for questioning the late distribution of their incentives.

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) Jakarta has opposed the Jakarta Provincial Government's plans to build a Waste Management Facility (FPSA) i

Pribadi Wicaksono (Contributor), Jakarta – The Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) on Thursday reported 59 deaths from Covid-19.

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Jakarta Metro Police on Friday has increased their efforts to further restrict community mobility after they found waves of workers of non-essential a

Yudha Baskoro, Bekasi – At least 50 persons with severe mental illness were vaccinated against Covid-19 in Bekasi on Wednesday.

Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – The COVID-19 death rate for people in Jakarta who were not vaccinated was more than three times higher than those who were, according to new he

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Health Ministry's Covid-19 vaccination spokesperson Siti Nadia Tarmizi on Wednesday said the latest Google mobility report revealed a growing trend in c

Bali is struggling coping with weak tracing efforts and individuals refusing to isolate, the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) said this week, with limited medical supply and facilit

Caleb Quinley – Indonesia's health ministry has recorded 1,747 new deaths of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, pushing the nation's total deaths to 100,636.

Hengky Yeimo, Jayapura – Local governments in Papua – such as the Yapen Islands and Puncak administrations – say they are continuing to promote the benefits of covid-19 vaccines to indi

Jakarta – The month-long lockdown remains unable to significantly curb new infections of Covid-19 with daily figures beating the pre-lockdown level.

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) report found that the Jakarta health agency failed to take a cheaper option in procuring N95 masks.

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has urged people seeking third vaccine doses to be patient as the government prioritizes frontline medical workers.

Arys Aditya – Indonesia is shifting away from its goal of reaching herd immunity for Covid-19 as the rise of the more infectious delta variant pushes the threshold beyond reach.

Rifki Nurfajri, Jakarta – Alumni Kanisius Menteng 64 (AM64) commenced the second phase of its free COVID-19 vaccine drive at the Jakarta Convention Center on Monday, following the initi

Jakarta – The United Kingdom has revealed a commitment to donate $1 million worth of critical healthcare equipment to Indonesia, where new Covid-19 cases and deaths are surging due to t

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria on Wednesday said the number of deaths related to Covid-19 within the past two weeks is starting to fall.

Edna Tarigan, Jakarta – Indonesia surpassed 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, a grim milestone in a country struggling with its worst pandemic wave fueled by the delta var

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Indonesian Covid-19 task force in a statement on Wednesday announced the dropping bed occupancy ratio (BOR) across isolation facilities in the past two weeks,

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia has reached a grim milestone as more than 100,000 people died from the coronavirus, becoming the second country in Asia to breach that threshold.

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia's spending on fighting its ongoing Covid-19 outbreak, one of the world's worst, could exceed 300 trillion rupiah (S$28.3 billion) this year, the South-east

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – An Indonesian bishop has hailed cooperation between a moderate Muslim organization and priests and nuns in his diocese which has allowed the smooth implementation

Wahyuni Sahara, Jakarta – Epidemiologist Dicky Budiman from Griffith University in Australia says that the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia is not yet properly under control.

Expectant mothers in Indonesia can now get the COVID-19 vaccine after the Health Ministry updated its eligibility list to include the high-risk group.

Natasia Christy Wahyuni, Jakarta – Indonesia is making preparations to double the daily number of Covid-19 vaccine jabs to 2 million per day, a target that should have been materialized