Gemma Holliani Cahya and Arya Dipa, Jakarta – That coronavirus is a highly infectious disease is a well-known fact.

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – A group of volunteers affiliated with the KawalCOVID-19 initiative have pushed for an immediate quarantine on areas considered to be "red zones" for viral

Jakarta – The government has teamed up with several hotels to accommodate doctors and other medical workers on the frontline in the battle against COVID-19.

Antara, Jakarta – West Jakarta authorities began to evacuate 183 people from a mosque and send them to the isolation facility on Saturday evening after three of them tested positive fo

Beritasatu, Jakarta – Half-hearted measures from the government in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic is likely to result in a death toll that is comparable to Indonesia's worst tsuna

Dwi Argo Santosa, Jakarta – Indonesia is ramping up production of medical protective gear, medical supplies, and critical medicines, confident of local producers' capacity to meet the

Jakarta – Medical worker associations in the country have threatened to stop treating COVID-19 patients if the government does not ensure the availability of protective health gear ami

Heru Asprihanto, Adi Kurniawan, Depok, Indonesia – After a busy session at his clinic, Indonesian doctor Fakhrurrozi hops on the back of a motorized tricycle with a loud-hailer to urge

Jakarta – The Indonesian government is mulling over a plan to ban this year's "mudik", the annual hometown exodus for the Muslim Lebaran – or Hari Raya – holidays.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia looks set to adopt a measure dubbed as an "area quarantine" in response to a growing clamour for local lockdowns in certain hot spots, cities

Dili – President Francisco Guterres Lu Olo officially declared the state of emergency for the whole territory of Timor-Leste for one month, starting 28 March at 00:00h until 26 April a

Jakarta – The general public has urged the government to impose a lockdown as the country's death toll from the coronavirus has surpassed 100, with more than 1,000 COVID-19-positive ca

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Water pump and valve company KSB Indonesia has revitalized the communal bathing facilities in Jakarta slums, helping their residents to have access to cle

Jakarta – Most Indonesians believe that some information regarding COVID-19 positive patients should be available to the public to be used for contact tracing, as reflected by a recent

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The Indonesian government needs millions of personal protective equipment, ventilators, and other medical supplies as it anticipates longer-than-expected emergenc

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Chairman of Commission II of the Indonesian House of Representative (DPR) Ahmad Doli Kurnia Tandjung, criticized a number of regional heads who have made their o

Jakarta – A number of regions across the country have taken serious measures in preventing the spread of COVID-19 by imposing their own versions of regional lockdowns, as the central g

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Independent Journalist Alliance or AJI Jakarta condemned the face-to-face press conference held by the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Invest

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Foreign missions in Indonesia are racing against time to get their citizens home before transport restrictions come into full effect, as the number of COVID-19

Jakarta – The government is drafting a regulation (PP) to stipulate the procedures and requirements for imposing regional quarantines, also known as lockdowns, a minister says, as conf

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The dean of the University of Indonesia's Medical School, Ari Fahri Syam, has suggested that all other efforts in containing the spread of the novel coronav

Jakarta – Indonesia's coronavirus crisis is far worse than being officially reported and the government's response is "in tatters", the country's doctors association warned Friday (Mar

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Indonesia's Research and Technology Ministry has formed a consortium of local research institutions and universities to work on a Covid-19 mitigation program

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Online health applications have joined government's coordinated measures to deal with Covid-19 epidemic by providing free home consultations to those in need.

Dion Bisara, Roberth Isidorus, Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Regional areas across Indonesia have been scrambling to close their borders to stop an exodus of informal workers from the capital

Asip Hasani, Bambang Muryanto and Suherjoko, Blitar, Yogyakarta and Semarang – Authorities in Yogyakarta, Central Java and East Java are scrambling with plans to prevent the spread of

Jakarta – The COVID-19 rapid response task force has said that Indonesia needs an additional 1,500 doctors and 2,500 nurses to treat COVID-19 patients amid the surge in cases across th

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has distributed 151,000 pieces of personal protective equipment to 34 provinces across Indonesia to help medical personnel in combating the spre

Agustinus Hari, Manado, North Sulawesi – Police have dispersed up to 1,371 gatherings nationwide within a week since National Police chief Gen.

Jakarta – Dozens of Indonesian medical professors have called for "local lockdowns", saying that the government's policy of physical distancing is not "effective".

Jakarta – Indonesian health authorities have confirmed 1,046 COVID-19 positive cases as of Friday, an increase of 153 from the previous count a day earlier.

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to support manufacturers with the capacity to produce the desperately needed protective gear, test kits and ventilators that are crucial

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) donated Rp 10 billion (US$619,597) to the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) on Friday.

Tegal, Central Java has officially enforced a citywide lockdown, its mayor said, arguably the most drastic measure against COVID-19 in Indonesia thus far as the central government cont

Yudha Baskoro – The Jakarta provincial government has issued its standard funeral procedures to bury Covid-19 victims.

Jakarta – The Cianjur Police criminal investigation unit has arrested four suspects, identified only by the initials IS, RN, YH and CR, for stealing hundreds of boxes of masks from Pag

Jakarta – A video showing a family uncovering the shroud of a deceased woman suspected to have been COVID-19-positive in Kolaka regency, Southeast Sulawesi went viral over social media

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Experts are warning the public against panic-buying chloroquine phosphate, an antimalarial drug thought to be a possible treatment for COVID-19, citing the d

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has called on the National Police not to detain people who insist on holding mass gatherings after being warned against d

Febriana Firdaus in Bali and Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok – It was just last month that Indonesia's coronavirus cases stood at zero, with officials fiercely rejecting suggestions that

Australia is supporting Timor-Leste to be prepared in case there is an outbreak of COVID-19.

Dili – The threat posed by the coronavirus (Covid-19) has forced the Catholic Church in Timor-Leste to cancel mass during Easter in the whole country.

Tom Allard, Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Indonesia has a significant deficit in hospital beds, medical staff and intensive care facilities as health experts warn that it is primed to be

Jakarta – The streets are almost empty, public places deserted and malls quiet in cities and regions across Indonesia as authorities have banned gatherings to wind down the spread of t

James Massola and Karuni Rompies – Indonesia is imploring its citizens not to panic and to practise social distancing and self-isolation, as the country's health system strains under t

Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta – On Monday (March 23), Indonesia's Ministry of State Owned Enterprises opened the 1,800-bed Covid-19 Emergency Hospital – repurposed over four days from the at

Suherdjoko and Arya Dipa, Jakarta – Indonesian companies have been working to make up for the shortage of protective health equipment for medical workers treating COVID-19 patients.

Patrick O'Connor – East Timor recorded its first confirmed COVID-19 virus case on Saturday.

Jakarta – A coalition of civil society groups is calling on the House of Representatives to perform its checks and balances function during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure the governme

Benny Mawel and Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Papua – Papua is set to restrict entry into the province both through sea and air travel in an effort to stem the spread of COVID-19 in Indones