Dili – The COVID-19 patient, who is the first and only confirmed case in Timor-Leste, has recovered without taking any medication, the director-general of health services, Odete da Sil

Aisyah Llewellyn – Indonesians are brilliant in a crisis. In many ways, they have to be, in a country that unfortunately experiences more than its fair share of tragedy.

Jakarta – Indonesia may soon quarantine almost 30 million people in its capital and surrounding areas to curb the spread of the coronavirus that's killed more than 100 people in the wo

Jakarta – Jakarta Military Command (Kodam Jaya) chief Maj. Gen. Eko Margiyono has been appointed to lead the operations of the capital's emergency hospital for treating COVID-19.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered his Cabinet to impose stricter rules on physical distancing coupled with "civil emergency policies" in an effort to

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The rapid spread of COVID-19 has impacted as many as 30 provinces, with capital Jakarta identified as the outbreak's epicenter.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called for stricter rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as the government mulls over a local quarantine policy that woul

Rizki Fachriansyah and Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry, in collaboration with the State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Ministry, has developed a mobile

Jakarta – Indonesian textile factories are making changes to their production line by producing protective gear for medical personnel and a local start-up is producing test kits to sup

Leave it to traditional Indonesian ghosts to guard your neighborhood during a self-imposed isolation amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Defying the central government's stance that a nationwide lockdown was not an option for Indonesia, six regions declared a local quarantine on Monday – Tegal, Tas

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – An expert team from the government's Covid-19 Task Force, headed by Professor Wiku Adisasmito, said on Monday that disinfectant – which Indonesians have been

Nedi Putra AW, Malang – Academics and volunteers at the Muhammadiyah University of Malang (UMM) in East Java have developed a safety chamber to allow medical workers to examine patient

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Home to more than 10 million people, Indonesia's capital is already the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, but it may have to deal with a six-fo

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

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.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has created tension and panic in a number of communities in Indonesia as residents scramble to distance themselves from perceived

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

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

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

Jakarta – The Jakarta Transportation Agency plans to temporarily suspend the operation of Greater Jakarta-based intercity and interprovincial (AKAP) buses starting at 6 p.m.

Jakarta – While local administrations have begun to block road access into their areas in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, the government has prepared to quarantine the countr

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 – 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

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 – 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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 – 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

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 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

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 – 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

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