Dina Manafe, Jakarta – The number of coronavirus infections in Indonesia is expected to increase significantly next week as many people have ignored physical distancing guidelines duri

Jakarta (Reuters) – The World Health Organisation has urged Indonesia, one of the world's biggest advocates of two malaria drugs to treat the coronavirus, to suspend such treatment ove

Yudo Dahono, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has issued a set of guidelines for businesses and companies seeking to reopen under the large-scale social restriction, or PSBB.

Jaja Suteja, Jakarta – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Indonesia increased by 479 on Monday – the lowest single-day rise since May 12 – to take the country's total to 22,7

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Indonesia faces the risk of even more COVID-19 infections after the Idul Fitri holiday this year, as family gatherings and homecoming journeys make up a large p

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Medical workers treating COVID-19 patients in Jakarta have reported that they have yet to receive the financial incentives announced by the central government

Arya Dipa and Ardila Syakriah, Bandung – West Java, being a close neighbor of Jakarta, has been among the provinces hardest hit by COVID-19, but it is looking into easing curbs in "low

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The Semarang city administration in Central Java has temporarily shut down the Kobong traditional market as 26 people tested positive for COVID-19 after rapid te

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Indonesia has seen a surge in coronavirus infections ahead of this weekend's celebrations marking the end of Ramadan, raising questions about the commitment t

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Jakarta's Municipal Police or Satpol PP conducted massive raids on Friday to prevent the opening of many night markets ahead of Idul Fitri.

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Repatriated Indonesians who have been quarantined for suspected COVID-19 infections in Tower 9 of Block C2 of the Kemayoran Athletes Village in North Ja

Asip Hasani, Surabaya, East Java – Following the province's highest daily increase in COVID-19 cases to date, an epidemiologist on Thursday warned of another probable spike after Idul

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The Semarang administration in Central Java has decided to extend its social-restriction policy for two weeks following the discovery of 17 COVID-19 cases in thr

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Jakarta can ease its large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) and resume normal activities only if it maintains its current low basic reproductive number for

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Anyone with plans to visit Bali must first undergo a swab test and a obtain letter stating they are free from COVID-19 under a new policy issued by the Ba

Yustinus Paat, Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The surge in confirmed cases of coronavirus during the last couple of weeks has overloaded the makeshift hospital at the athletes' village comp

Antara, Jakarta – A professor of virology at Udayana University, G. N.

Belseran Christ, Jakarta and Maluku – A 4-year-old child from Wara Kolam Sembilan hamlet in Ambon, Maluku, died on Thursday after being denied admission by four hospitals in Ambon that

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Covid-19 Task Force on Friday reported 48 more patients had died from coronavirus-related diseases in the past 24 hours, bringing the co

Arya Dipa, Bandung – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has said that the province's large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) will continue "proportionately" until May 29, with some cities

Arya Dipa, Bandung – State-owned pharmaceutical company PT Bio Farma is set to finish the production of 100,000 real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) coronavirus test kits by th

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Jakarta, Indonesia's capital and its COVID-19 epicenter, needs greater popular effort and targeted local containment to stop contagion, experts have said.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – A number of regional leaders have come to the defense of the central government from criticism over its handling of the COVID-19 crisis, saying that it is t

James Massola and Amilia Rosa – Indonesia has recorded a huge jump in its daily coronavirus infections, with 973 new patients confirmed on Thursday.

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Indonesia is entering a critical period in its fight against the coronavirus outbreak, National Covid-19 Task Force head Doni Monardo said on Wednesday

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The government should not rush into easing restrictions in the country's COVID-19 red zones, as the number of deaths suspected to have been caused by th

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The majority of nurses at general hospitals and COVID-19 referral hospitals carry a heavy burden, as they are not only fighting on the frontline against the di

Asip Hasani and Ardila Syakriah, Blitar – East Java has become the province second hardest-hit by COVID-19 after Jakarta, with patients overwhelming healthcare facilities.

Max Walden – Many mosques across Indonesia will allow group prayer for the Eid holiday this weekend, as crowded scenes from malls and other public places highlight the difficulty of im

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Police in Indonesia are clamping down on sellers of fake medical certificates, reportedly used to circumvent travel restrictions enforced to curb the spread of

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The government needs to expand its definition of vulnerable groups during the coronavirus pandemic to be able to help more people in need, Santi Kusumaningrum

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – A music video featuring various state officials and regional heads encouraging citizens to stay at home ahead of the Idul Fitri holidays has been met with

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Jakarta has cracked down on thousands of individuals and companies for violating the capital's large-scale social restrictions (PSBB), imposing sanctions that

Erin Cook – There's nothing like Idul Fitri in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country. Jakarta hums endlessly all year – except for those two days.

Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat – Southeast Asia's largest economy, Indonesia, has again shown it prioritises the economy over its people during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eid is less than a week away.

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Apriadi Gunawan, Asip Hasani and Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta/Medan – As the country still struggles to flatten the COVID-19 transmission curve, more medical workers have fallen victi

Yustinus Paat, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan confirmed on Tuesday that the large-scale social restriction, or PSBB, in Jakarta will be extended until

Harry Suhartono and Bruce Einhorn – In a country with one of the developing world's worst Covid-19 fatality rates, public health experts see a link between the new coronavirus and an o

Gravedigger Junaidi Hakim shouts "hurry up" as he summons his weary colleagues in a never-ending race to bury novel coronavirus victims at a Jakarta cemetery.

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Galih Gumelar and Marchio Irfan Giordano, Jakarta – After being criticized for undermining the rule of law in a series of COVID-19 pandemic response policies, the government is under s

Suherdjoko, Jakarta and Semarang – A total of 132,978 Indonesian citizens abroad – consisting of crew members, migrant workers and students – had arrived in the country as of Monday, t

Jakarta – Pademangan district in North Jakarta has become the latest densely populated area in the capital to be declared a COVID-19 red zone after local authorities recorded a high nu

Jakarta – New confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Indonesia have been consistently high by averaging 535 in the last eight days until Monday, more than double the daily average

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The Head of Jakarta Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo, reported that last week's number of new coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in the capital increased fr

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The government's COVID-19 task force explained the reason why it changed the way it presented the data of its coronavirus counter, especially those categorized