Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The healthcare system in Jakarta is at risk of collapsing as hospitals are reporting "alarming" shortages of beds needed to treat COVID-19 patients.

Jakarta – The Health Ministry's Health Research and Development Agency (Litbangkes) began large-scale clinical trials of convalescent blood plasma therapy on COVID-19 patients on Tuesda

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is set to hold a special meeting on Wednesday to assess its COVID-19 countermeasures as cases in the capital continue to rise.

Edna Tarigan and Victoria Milkom, Jakarta, Indonesia – While Indonesia has recorded more deaths from the coronavirus than any other Southeast Asian country, it also has seen by far the

Jakarta – The Yogyakarta administration has found at least 20 cases of COVID-19 transmissions associated with a soto Lamongan (Lamongan traditional chicken soup) food stall.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government's fiscal stimulus programs may need to continue into 2023 if the Indonesian economy and domestic consumption remain weak next year, economis

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Governor Anies Baswedan confirmed on Wednesday that the large-scale social restrictions will be re-imposed in Jakarta in coming days, otherwise all hospitals

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has reported 3,307 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours to take the country's total to 203,342, with the surge coming mostly from four wors

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) will assist the Health Ministry in setting a price ceiling for COVID-19 swab tests following numerous complaints

Jakarta, Indonesia – Medical experts have linked a surge in coronavirus cases on Bali to the inaccurate, low-cost rapid antibody test kits that are being used to screen domestic visitor

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta, Indonesia surpassed 200,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, after consistently detecting record numbers of new infections in the past several weeks.

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has established a national team to accelerate the development of a possible COVID-19 vaccine and to improve the country's

Jakarta – The Probolinggo COVID-19 task force in East Java has ordered dozens of people at Maron Market to get into a hearse containing a casket used for transporting COVID-19 patients'

Jakarta – Bali will start imposing fines of Rp 100,000 (US$6.77) on residents seen out without a face mask during the pandemic, which has taken a toll on the resort island's tourism.

Nina A.

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has reminded his aides to prioritize health and COVID-19 mitigation to ensure the survival of all facets of the nation's dev

James Massola and Karuni Rompies – Indonesian epidemiologists have warned the national government is too focused on pursuing a vaccine to defeat COVID-19 and is neglecting the public he

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – An epidemiologist at the University of Indonesia, Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono, suggested Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan immediately impose the emergency brake policy t

Imam Hamdi, Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Ombudsman Head Teguh Nugroho demanded the Jakarta administration stop the additional sanction for Covid-19 health protocols violators which forces

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The pandemic's grip has forced death – a topic many would rather avoid – to the forefront of the country's consciousness.

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The government must provide accessible health care for health workers and their families as the battle against COVID-19 seems far from over, the Indonesi

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia is entering its worst period yet in the coronavirus outbreak with new cases averaging over 3,200 since the start of the month and the total number o

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The sun was already setting when Dr Yakub and his team of contact tracers were deployed to a densely populated neighbourhood in South Jakarta.

Jakarta – East Jakarta's Pondok Ranggon cemetery expects to run out of space for COVID-19 graves in October because of the recent increase in the number of burials.

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – As Indonesia strives to get on top of the ever-climbing number of COVID-19 cases, 82 percent of physicians, nurses and other healthcare workers across the count

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has claimed that the administration in doing well in tackling COVID-19 in the capital city, despite a spike in new confirmed cases.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia added 3,128 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 190,665, including 7,940 deaths.

When Dian heard that the coronavirus had arrived in Indonesia at the end of March, she stocked her kitchen with ginger, turmeric and lemongrass.

Wintang Warastri, Jakarta – Public defender Azas Tigor Nainggolan criticized the social punishment handed to COVID-19 health protocol violators – which involves placing a person inside

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The World Health Organization (WHO) Indonesia Office stated that the agency did not recommend the COVID-19 rapid antibody test as a requirement to travel, citi

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration plans to add 11 COVID-19 reference hospitals as cases continue to rise in the capital.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government will need to increase its budget for health care next year if it wants to provide a coronavirus vaccine for all Indonesians, with vaccinatio

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Medan District Court in North Sumatra has been declared a COVID-19 cluster after 38 staff members and judges, including the head of the court, Sutio Jumagi

Antara, Jakarta – A resident of West Kalimantan, Badau District – located in the border of Indonesia and Malaysia – had grabbed public attention after the mid 40s man took selfie photos

More than 139,000 people in Jakarta have been sanctioned for not wearing masks in public during transitional large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) from June to September, the city admi

The East Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) will stop imposing the sanction of forcing any residents caught not wearing face masks in public to lie in a fake coffin.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The surge in coronavirus cases has reached a new level in Indonesia with daily rises averaging over 3,000 as the country is heading into what seems to be the

Andra Nasrie – Indonesia has taken its obsession with deathly elements in its fight against COVID-19 to another level after Jakarta introduced a new punishment for mask violators.

Jayanty Nada Shofa & Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan's plan to ban self-isolation for Covid-19 patients regardless of their symptom severity has divided opi

Moch.

Moch.

Gemma Holliani Cahya and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – As Indonesia enters its sixth month since COVID-19 first reached it shores, the administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Wido

Moch.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has collected around Rp 4 billion (US$271,000) in fines from residents violating COVID-19 health protocols under Gubernatorial Regulation No.

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – In a country battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, both in terms of economics and public health, the government appears to be pinning its hopes on vaccine develo

Alya Nurbaiti and Ardilla Syakriah, Jakarta – Indonesia is reportedly among the countries with the highest COVID-19 death rate among children, surpassing the United States, the world's

Jakarta – Recent research has shown that many members of the public in Jakarta and East Java assume they are immune to COVID-19 or even doubt there is a pandemic at all, COVID-19 task f

Heru Andriyanto & Carlos Roy Fajarta, Jakarta – Indonesia reported a dramatic surge in confirmed cases of coronavirus on Thursday, with 3,622 new infections to take the country's to

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legislative Council (DPRD) Commission B Speaker, Abdul Aziz, argues that Governor Anies Baswedan should already "pull the emergency brake" policy by st

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – Covid-19 Task Force spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito has conceded that the positivity rate in Indonesia has continued to rise over time.