Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has issued a circular setting a price ceiling of Rp 150,000 (US$10.41) for COVID-19 rapid tests, following numerous complaints over th

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Dramatic footages of grieving families snatching the bodies of Covid-19 patients continued to appear on news broadcasts, painting a grim picture of the co

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The Education and Culture Ministry and Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry have released joint guidelines for the cultural and creative industries as they re

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – University of Indonesia epidemiologist Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono suggested Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan take the courageous decision to stop the transitional PSBB

Rebecca Ratcliffe – Indonesia's agriculture minister has been condemned by health experts for claiming that a necklace made from eucalyptus can help prevent transmission of Covid-19.

Sausan Atika and Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The emergence of new COVID-19 cases in Jakarta, the first national epicenter of the outbreak, is showing no signs of slowing down despite cl

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Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The surge in coronavirus infections in Indonesia continued on Monday with 1,209 new cases, taking the country's total to 64,958.

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – A joint survey by the Social Resilience Lab Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and crowdsourcing platform Lapor Covid19 claims that Jakartans are not ready

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Dangdut King Rhoma Irama hits the wrong note when singing on stage in front of hundreds of people amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

James Massola – Indonesia will become the third coronavirus epicentre in Asia after China and India, according to one of the country's top epidemiologists.

Lia Timson – When a boatload of people arrived unannounced on an idyllic beach at the eastern tip of Timor-Leste, one Australian watched what happened next with a mix of trepidation an

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 82 deaths from coronavirus-related diseases on Sunday, the highest single-day fatalities since the outbreak, to take the total death toll

Tri Indah Oktavianti and Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Agriculture Ministry plans to release a eucalyptus-based "antivirus necklace" that minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo claims can help

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian Ombudsman Lely Pelitasari Soebekty said that there are indications of commercialization of Covid-19 rapid test tools.

Jakarta – Authorities busted around 100 people during a raid on Top One Discotheque in Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta, in the early hours of Friday morning.

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The COVID-19 epidemic has not slowed the onset of the seasonal dengue fever across the country, the Health Ministry has said, with 70,418 cases and 458

Undercounting COVID-19 cases is believed to be a problem hardly exclusive to Indonesia, but a recent claim from experts may be the strongest indication yet that some Indonesian regions

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Confirmed cases of coronavirus infections in Indonesia soared by 1,624 on Thursday, the highest single-day rise since the outbreak, to take the country's tot

Jakarta – Indonesia announced 1,624 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the highest single-day increase since its first cases emerged in early March, bringing the total number of infection

Heru Andriyanto, Dina Manafe, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 1,385 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday to equal the highest single-day rise four days ago, taking the country's total to 57,77

Moch Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has announced that the capital is extending its transitional COVID-19 mobility restrictions by 14 days and tightenin

Jakarta – With her husband left jobless by the pandemic, the last thing Indonesian mother Juarsih needed was to get pregnant, but now she's expecting a third child – one of many in the

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The number of children suffering from malnutrition could spike in Indonesia as the government has struggled to stem the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed all regional leaders to maintain a balance between public health and economic activities and not to rush in implementing the so-

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Governor Anies Baswedan announced on Wednesday the so-called transition period that followed social restriction measures amid the Covid-19 outbreak will be e

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The Health Ministry announced that 71 more people died of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the highest reported death toll in a day so far, bringing the total fatalities t

Jakarta – Bogor Regent Ade Yasin has threatened to file charges against Indonesian dangdut superstar Rhoma Irama for allegedly performing at an event in Cibunan Village, Bogor, West Ja

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Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta – The Covid-19 outbreak is under control in Indonesia's biggest province, thanks to widespread testing and lockdown measures, said West Java Governor Ridwan Kam

Jakarta – The National Police have deployed 77,897 officers across the nation to guard the transition to the government's so-called new normal phase, during which all citizens are requ

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – East Java, Indonesia's second most populous province, surpassed Jakarta as the nation's COVID-19 epicenter on June 26 with the highest record of confirmed ca

Jakarta – The Health Ministry revealed on Monday that East Java, Indonesia's new COVID-19 epicenter, had one of the lowest testing rates compared to other provinces even as it continue

Jakarta – Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini knelt down on the ground and broke into tears as she held a meeting with doctors and hospital directors in Surabaya amid the spike of COVID-19

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has registered nearly 30,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus infections throughout the month, which becomes the toughest period in the country's str

Dion Bisara, Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – A recent paper by Indonesian scientists has pointed to the oversized role of a few highly contagious individuals in the Covid-19's transmission in

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Indonesians have become more interested in insurance to mitigate uncertainty regarding their health and personal finances brought about by the pandemic, y

Nicola Smith and Randy Mulyanto, Jakarta – Born in mid-May in Tlanakan, in Indonesia's East Java province, one of the country's youngest Covid-19 victims barely had a chance at life.

Jakarta – Banten Governor Wahidin Halim has announced that he will extend the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Greater Tangerang t

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Indonesia was among the nations with a relaxed approach to managing the COVID-19 pandemic before meeting World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for ro

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Strict testing is required for the slew of supposed coronavirus remedies that have garnered public attention in recent months, experts say.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported a record 1,027 Covid-19 patients who recovered in the 24-hour period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 22,936 on Sunday.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia saw a new high in confirmed coronavirus cases on Saturday with 1,385 new cases to take the country's total to 52,812, as two worst-hit provinces Ea

Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta – The Covid-19 outbreak is under control in Indonesia's biggest province thanks to widespread testing and lockdown measures, said West Java governor Ridwan Kami

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Jakarta, the first epicenter of the COVID-19 epidemic in Indonesia, has reportedly brought the outbreak "under control", officials have said, in a statement tha

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Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia is facing an uphill challenge during a transition period towards a new normal in many cities as people joined crowds, disobeyed health protoc

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Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Convalescent plasma can help in the recovery of Covid-19 patients with a severe condition but may become harmful if used carelessly as a means to prevent the

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in East Java has exceeded that of Jakarta, making the province Indonesia's COVID-19 epicenter.