Yudha Baskoro, Cianjur, West Java – Officials in a West Java subdistrict have turned to an uncommon tactic by offering a live chicken in exchange for an immunization shot to persuade th

Arys Aditya, Bekasi, Indonesia – Indonesia's Central Java province is imposing a stricter measure by locking down areas worst hit by Covid-19 in a bid to curb the spread of a more infec

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has been criss-crossing vaccination centres in Jakarta, keeping tabs on the national vaccination programme and rallying those in the capita

Novy Lumanaw, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called Indonesians to improve discipline in wearing masks and implementing health protocols to curb the Covid-19 spread, which

Robert Campion – Indonesia's daily cases reached a record high on Monday as the country passed the mark of two million cases since the pandemic began.

Adam Prireza, Lani Diana, Jakarta – Head of the Jakarta Parks and Forest Agency data center, Ivan Murcahyo, on Wednesday revealed that the capital city has logged in total 19,800 funera

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The Jakarta Financial Management Agency (BPKD) Head, Edi Sumantri, confirmed that the city's Parks and Forest Agency had to bury 146 bodies of COVID-19 pati

Those who have traveled to Bali, whether for a short getaway or to work from the island, are behind the recent spike of COVID-19 cases in Bali, the provincial task force said this week.

The body of a man who died after getting infected with the coronavirus was left lying for 14 hours in front of his house in North Jakarta's Sunter Agung area, illustrating the grim situ

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – The affordable antiparasitic drug Ivermectin is not a cure for Covid-19, according to State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A weak zonal lockdown system and a lack of whole-genome-sequencing equipment to detect more transmissible new Covid-19 variants are the two main challen

Pribadi Wicaksono (Contributor), Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta Provincial Government has scrapped its plan to enforce regional lockdown.

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said the capital city has 140 Covid-19 referral hospitals as of June 17, 2021.

A group of motorcyclists reportedly attacked a swab test facility in Surabaya, East Java this morning following widespread refusal against testing from travelers coming from neighboring

Febriana Firdaus and agencies – Indonesian health authorities are battling a new surge in coronavirus infections, as the National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) reported the high

While it would be great if more people were vaccinated against COVID-19, Indonesia, in theory, isn't forcing anyone to get the jab.

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has told the police and regional leaders to tighten public restrictions from June 22 to July 5, following an extreme spike

Emma Connors, Singapore/Jakarta – President Joko Widodo's government has again resisted calls for a national lockdown despite police warning that people are ignoring limits on crowds in

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said the government had reached its target to administer 700,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine as instructed by President Joko "Jo

Antara, Jakarta – Lambung Mangkurat University expert member on the handling of Covid-19 professor Syamsul Arifin warned that the increasing amount of coronavirus cases among children m

Indonesia has passed another grim milestone in its struggle against COVID-19, having topped the 2 million cases mark with the addition of 14,536 new cases today (which itself is a new d

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia reported on Monday (Jun 21) a record-breaking 14,536 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections nationally past the 2 million mark.

Jakarta – Most of the 308 health workers vaccinated with Sinovac's Coronavac vaccine in Kudus, Central Java, a district recently hit hard by the novel coronavirus Delta variant, recover

Antara, Jakarta – Expert team coordinator and spokesperson for the COVID-19 Response Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, confirmed he has tested positive for the virus after traveling to regio

Tsarina Maharani, Jakarta – The initiator of the citizen based reporting coalition Lapor Covid-19 (Report Covid-19), Ahmad Arif, says that the public is facing the Covid-19 pandemic wit

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia will receive 50 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine jointly made by Pfizer and BioNTech, with the first batch expected in August, a senior health ministr

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – Jakarta Administration recorded that the number of funerals with Covid-19 protocols in the city increased in June 2021.

Yudha Baskoro, Jakarta – Padurenan Public Cemetery in Bekasi, West Java has opened a new burial ground on Friday after a fresh wave of Covid-19 victims' bodies quickly filling up its ol

Jakarta – The number of coronavirus infection rose again after the Eid holiday. We can't simply hope for improvements to government policy.

Arlina Arshad, Singapore – The recent surge of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia was not unexpected.

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta Health Agency's Head of the Disease Prevention and Control Unit, Dwi Oktavia, said 84 percent of the isolation beds for Covid-19 patients have been

Health officials in Indonesia are blaming the emergence of the Delta variant first detected in India for a massive surge in COVID-19 that has seen the number of daily new cases more tha

With Jakarta having just recorded the highest single-day spike in Indonesia with over 4,100 cases yesterday, Governor Anies Baswedan is now encouraging – not telling – all Jakartans to

Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ordered the Jakarta administration to fast-track the Covid-19 vaccination drive so that Indonesia's capital can reach herd immunity by Aug

Antara, Jakarta – The National Covid-19 Handling Task Force said the formation of the Covid Command Post in regencies or cities was hampered by budget distribution.

Amy Sood – Live chickens are being given away by local authorities in rural Indonesia as an incentive for older residents to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia's president ordered authorities to speed up the country's vaccination campaign as the World Health Organization warned Thursday of the need to increase so

Jakarta (Reuters) – More than 350 Indonesian doctors and healthcare workers have contracted Covid-19 despite being vaccinated with Sinovac and dozens have been hospitalised, officials s

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Police Chief Gen. Mohammad Fadli Imran on Thursday said that the increase of Covid-19 case in the capital city is alarming.

Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – The Delta variant of coronavirus, which is first identified in India, has already spread in Indonesia.

West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has urged tourists to stay away from the Bandung Raya region, also known as the Bandung Metropolitan Area, as the region elevates its alertness for COVID

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas banned religious activities in areas categorized as Covid-19 red zone until they are declared safe from the virus t

Dili – Timor Leste's Prime Minister, Taur Matan Ruak, on Wednesday acknowledged the prestige of Cuba's biopharmaceutical industry, which has won international awards for products develo

Inge Klara Safitri, Jakarta – The Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital in Jakarta added 2,000 beds to accommodate Covid-19 patients. The hospital's coordinator, Maj. Gene.

Hussein Abri, Jakarta – National Awakening Party (PKB) politician Luqman Hakim said that the rising number of Covid-19 cases across Indonesian regions can be attributed to a number of g

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Epidemiologist from the Griffith University of Australia, Dicky Budiman, asked the government to be aware of the spread of the Covid-19 delta variant (B.1.617.2)

Jakarta's Wisma Atlet makeshift COVID-19 quarantine facility is struggling to admit an ever-increasing number of patients, its spokesman confirmed, as the capital's caseload continues t

Jakarta – The government urges the public to pay more attention than ever to health protocols, as several regions are seeing drastic surge in Covid-19 cases.

Indonesia expects a new wave of coronavirus infections will peak in early July, as the highly transmissible delta variant becomes more dominant in some areas and with the occupancy of h

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – The government has extended micro-scale restrictions on community activities, known as PPKM Mikro, until June 28 across Indonesia in an attempt to stem the spread