Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The government's COVID-19 fast response team has asked the Health Ministry to call on dentists and otolaryngologists to close their practices temporarily in or

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Two of Indonesia's largest mass Muslim organizations, Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah, have advised people against participating in the annual Idul Fitri

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's death toll from the novel coronavirus disease topped 200 on Monday, with the government voicing particular concern about transmission fro

Basten Gokkon – Local authorities and indigenous communities in Indonesia's Papua region have imposed a sweeping lockdown to minimize the spread of the novel coronavirus.

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The National Police announced that it has acted upon three thousand people in East Java who violated the social restrictions amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pa

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Doni Monardo, the Chief of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 or COVID-19 Task Force, announced today, April 6, that people violating rules noted in the large-scale so

Carlos Ky Paath, Carlos Roy Fajarta, Ari Supriyanti Rikin, Jakarta – The government is now telling Indonesians to wear some type of nose and mouth covering at all times in public place

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has accused the central government of stonewalling his efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus by issuing a minister

Jakarta – The Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) has called on the government to increase healthcare capacities in regions outside Jakarta.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Agus Wibowo says that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases the central government has been publishing di

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Only 36 in every million people are being tested for the coronavirus in Indonesia, making it the fourth worst in testing rate among countries with a 50

In the throes of the current Covid-19 crisis, world leaders are juggling a range of complex issues concerning the balance between public health and economic health, making decisive cho

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has heavily criticized the Health Ministry's newly issued guidelines on large-scale social restrictions to curb the spread of

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – When a 34-year-old doctor with COVID-19 passed away in Indonesia about two weeks ago, many were taken by surprise that a young adult had succumbed to the diseas

Aisyah Llewellyn, Medan, Indonesia – On April 1, Rajiman Sormin officially retired after 12 years as a mortician at Adam Malik Public Hospital in the Indonesian city of Medan.

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Some 50,000 PCR (polymerase chain reaction) COVID-19 test kits from South Korea are expected to arrive at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Sunday

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Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government announced on Sunday there had been 181 confirmed Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours to bring the country's total to 2,273, the h

Jakarta – A Dengue fever outbreak in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) has worsened as the province records more than 200 patients treated for the disease in less than a week, while the number

Tom Allard, Kanupriya Kapoor and Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – The number of funerals in Jakarta rose sharply in March, a development the governor of Indonesia's capital city said sugges

Belseran Christ, Ambon – Dozens of travelers arriving at Yos Sudarso Port in Ambon, Maluku, on Wednesday morning reportedly expressed outrage after the city failed to provide them with

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The government is confident about the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical workers in Indonesia, given that the domestic textile and garme

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Indonesia – one of the worlds most populous and far-flung nations – only just closed its borders, but experts fear this came too late.

Ade Mardiyati – One Saturday morning in January, when Arif returned home from a fishing trip, his mother-in-law asked him to check on his young sister-in-law, who was in her room.

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – A recent study by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reveals that the high temperatures and humidity of Indonesia can, in fact, help cur

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Popular Muslim preachers have urged the public to stop stigma related to Covid-19 and avoid discrimination against its victims after reports about people in se

Ghina Ghaliya and Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto has said that a variety of issues is hampering the country's efforts to contain the COVID-19 outbrea

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – A senior minister in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's Cabinet is adamant that SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes the deadly coronavirus disease, will soon get

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Sausan Atika, Jakarta – For West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil, the consequences of letting people go to their hometowns during a pandemic are real.

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – About a month after Indonesia reported its first coronavirus cases and three days after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo declared the outbreak a public health eme

Nina Loasana and Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has announced that mudik (mass exodus) from areas affected by the COVID-19 pandemic is haram – forbidden un

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – At least 204 Indonesian citizens abroad have now been infected by the highly contagious novel coronavirus, the Foreign Ministry has said, with five cases th

Guteriano Neves – As of today, Timor-Leste has one confirmed case of Covid-19. Nonetheless, the feeling of panic among the public has been mounting.

Alexander R Arifianto – On March 31, 2020, Indonesian president Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo declared a national emergency to institute quarantine orders to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Dili – Vice-minister of health, Elia Antonio dos Reis Amaral, has been sacked from her post.

Galih Gumelar, News Desk – A study by the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) has warned that the novel coronavirus pandemic in the country may reach its peak in the next three months, cul

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – A senior Cabinet minister has justified the government's decision to not officially ban people from traveling home for the Idul Fitri holiday, saying

Feriawan Hidayat, Dion Bisara, Bandung – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has asked for the central government's help to do more rapid testing for Covid-19 in the province, fearing that

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The government will disburse social aid to low-income families in order to dissuade people from participating in the Idul Fitri mudik (exodus), presidenti

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The National Police have named 33 people suspects for allegedly stockpiling masks and hand sanitizers and selling them at higher prices amid increasing demand

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Indonesia has been carrying out rapid testing that has resulted in the discovery of hundreds of potentially positive COVID-19 cases, but a backlog in further

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – With one of the largest adult smoking populations in the world, Indonesia on paper seems particularly vulnerable to Covid-19 since the disease attacks the body's

Jakarta – Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) Coordinator Adnan Topan Husodo has criticised Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) Number 1/2020 on State Financial Policy and Fina

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Community forum Risalah Jakarta has urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to improve health facilities and impose a strict territorial quarantine as COVID-19 ca

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – As the COVID-19 pandemic grows, non-coronavirus patients are worried about getting sidelined, while fearing that visiting hospitals might expose them to the

Fadhilah Fitri Primandari – Indonesia troubles are mounting fast.

Asep Muizudin Muhamad Darmini – The hashtag #KamiTidakTakut ("we are not afraid") became popular on social media after a terrorist attack, involving multiple explosions and gunfire on

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – State-owned lender Bank Mandiri is giving out life insurance plans with potential payments totaling Rp 1 trillion (US$60 million) to 35,000 frontline healthcare