Rakhmat Nur Hakim, Jakarta – World Health Organisation Immunization Program Unit Head Ann Lindstrand has criticised the Gotong Royong paid vaccination program in Indonesia.

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The civil coalition for proper healthcare access suspected that the government was more concerned about the economy than the health sector in containing

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Thursday had ordered the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) commander Hadi Tjahjanto to coordinate the distribution of free Covid-19

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia is bracing for its Covid-19 outbreak to get worse after a near vertical climb in cases, a senior minister said on Thursday (July 15), warning that infectio

Jakartans traveling throughout the city are more likely to bump into roadblocks starting today as the police step up measures to limit mobility in the capital.

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore – Indonesia is making a new appeal for oxygen tanks as it enters its "worst case scenario", surpassing even India and Brazil right now in new

Eduard Lazarus Teguh Maulana – Since mid-May, Indonesia has faced a massive surge in Covid-19 infections with the number of reported positive daily cases increasing fivefold.

More often than not, a negative PCR test result is desired for ease of mind or as an administrative requirement, that the emergence of criminals selling fake negative results was a nigh

A representative of the people doesn't seem to want representatives to truly represent the people's suffering in the current COVID-19 crisis, as he demanded a guarantee for lawmakers to

Budiarti Utami Putri, Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – An epidemiologist with the University of Indonesia (UI) Pandu Riono on Wednesday commented on the controversial self-paid Covid-19 vaccinat

Max Walden – The COVID-19 ward at the Jakarta hospital where resident doctor Amira* works is over capacity, but patients continue to arrive at the emergency department around the clock

Dicky Budiman – Indonesia is currently experiencing a massive spike in COVID-19 infection and deaths, as experts (including myself) have unfortunately been predicting.

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin confirmed that the Gotong Royong vaccination program for individuals was planned because similar programs through pri

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Jakarta and Yogyakarta will be the regions hit hardest by the latest COVID-19 wave if authorities fail to contain the ongoing case surge, Health Minister Budi Guna

Jakarta (Reuters) – Concerns are mounting in Indonesia over the ability of its regions to cope with a spike in coronavirus cases, according to its health minister, as the highly transmi

Officials in Karawang, West Java say an investigation is underway to look into whether there is any truth behind a claim that a vaccinator in the regency deliberately faked injecting va

HA Kapisa and Rahmad Nasution in Manokwari, West Papua – Indonesian police have begun tightening entry controls in Manokwari district and Sorong city as part of the enforcement of an em

Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) Commission IX member Saleh Daulay has asked Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin to provide healthcare facilities in order to pr

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia has surpassed India's daily Covid-19 case numbers after it reported a record of nearly 50,000 infections on Tuesday (July 13) and its health m

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesia has overtaken India as Asia's new epicenter for the coronavirus pandemic, with daily infections exceeding 40,000 for two straight days and officials w

Several staff members at a community clinic (Puskesmas) in Bogor regency have been dismissed from their jobs following an incident in which they appeared to turn away patients – includi

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Chairperson Asfinawati opined that the government has consistently denied the chaos in handling the Covid-19

Ahmad Fikri (Contributor), Bandung – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil confirmed that there was unsynchronized data on Covid-19 reports issued by the regional and central government.

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry or Kadin confirmed that more than 28,000 companies have thus far registered for the Gotong Royong Covid-19 Vaccin

Mega Safitri, Jakarta – Co-founder of pandemic mitigation watchdog LaporCovid-19, Ahmad Arif, on Monday revealed there were 451 people who died during self-isolation.

Anne Barker – Results from an Indonesian health survey indicate almost half the entire population of Jakarta – 4.7 million people from a population of 10.6 million – have antibodies aga

Around 45 COVID-19 patients in self-isolation die in Jakarta each day while many more have died nationwide, Lapor COVID-19 said today, illustrating the severity of the country's healthc

Fahreza Rizky, Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has admitted to proposing that places of worship not be closed during the emergency Enforcement of Restrictions on Public Activities

Grace Sihombing – Indonesia's state-owned pharmaceutical company PT Kimia Farma will start selling vaccines to the public on Monday as the country seeks to accelerate inoculations and a

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia received another batch of Sinovac's Covid-19 bulk vaccines at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang on Monday.

Hendro Situmorang, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported another record-breaking daily numbers of Covid-19 cases which for the first time surpassed the 40,000 mark on Monday, th

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia's state-owned pharmaceutical company Kimia Farma is delaying a plan to sell Covid-19 vaccines after public backlash against the move.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Indonesian minister Luhut Pandjaitan said he expected the COVID-19 curve to flatten and the situation to improve by next week, as the country is battling a surge

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition urged the government to revoke the regulation on the Gotong Royong's paid Covid-19 vaccination for individuals.

Rifki Nurfajri, Jakarta – State-owned pharmaceutical company PT Kimia Farma delayed the rollout of its privately paid COVID-19 vaccine program on Monday, a day after announcing it would

Jakarta – University of Indonesia epidemiologist Pandu Riono along with several other colleagues from the Vaccine for All Coalition is garnering support from the public through an onlin

Anyone from the Greater Jakarta Area commuting to the capital proper must, starting today, have a Worker Registration Certificate (STRP) in hand, with checks for the document already se

Jakarta – Almost half of Jakarta's 10 million population has had Covid-19 at a point in time since the pandemic began last year, a serology survey revealed on Saturday, stoking hopes th

Just two months ago, Indonesia was coming to a gasping India's aid with thousands tanks of oxygen.

Jakarta – The National Defense Forces (TNI) recruited thousands of medical and non-medical volunteers at the TNI Headquarters in Jakarta on Saturday as vaccinators and administrative of

Singapore – Tri Wahyono was trying to keep it together.

Antara, Jakarta – The government has set the price for Sinopharm complete vaccination at Rp879,140 per person, said the spokesperson of the Health Ministry's COVID-19 Vaccination Siti N

Jakarta – Indonesia held a moment of silence on Saturday morning to remember the lives lost to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia has been grappling with a surge in COVID-19 infections for the past few weeks, consistently recording more than 30,000 new daily cases.

Jakarta – University of Indonesia epidemiologist Pandu Riono is questioning the grounds for the government changing the emergency Enforcement of Restrictions on Public Activities (PPKM)

Zena Chamas, Farid M Ibrahim and Max Walden – Each night, Tara McGowan hears ambulances drive past her home every 10 minutes.

Adi Kurniawan, Jakarta (Reuters) – As Indonesia struggles to tackle a devastating surge in COVID-19 infections, authorities in Jakarta have deployed teams of health workers to drive aro

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – The government has announced a plan to give nearly 1.5 million health workers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from United States pharmaceutical firm Moderna as a

Singapore – Entry approvals for travellers from Indonesia to Singapore who are not citizens or permanent residents here will be reduced with immediate effect, said the Ministry of Healt