Jakarta – Berau Regent H. Muharram died on Tuesday evening after undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at Pertamina Hospital in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has called on the public to use only masks that actually protect them against the coronavirus, explaining that not all masks are made e

Jakarta – Research and Technology Minister and National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) head Bambang Brodjonegoro has said the ministry is developing COVID-19 test kits to improve

Dwi Argo Santosa, Jakarta – The Association of Indonesian Nurses, or PPNI, claimed on Tuesday nearly 3,000 members have been infected by coronavirus and the number could grow significan

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Randy Mulyanto – Since Indonesia's capital Jakarta reimposed social-distancing restrictions last Monday, motorcycle ride-hailing driver Yosef has seen his daily income decrease by more

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Deputy Chairman Erwin Aksa expected a breakthrough represented by the government to contain the spread of Covid

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – A recent survey by the Health Ministry has found that many citizens do not believe that COVID-19 exists and that many have challenged the call to adhere to h

Jakarta – Health authorities in Central Java have forced two women to self-isolate after they had planned to visit shopping centers despite having tested positive for COVID-19.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Indonesia has set a new record in the last 24 hours, with 4,176 new cases to take the country's total to 248,852.

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The government has increased the deployment of police and military personnel to improve compliance with health protocols as the nation struggles to control th

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The West Java administration has asked the central government for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests to increase the province's COVID-19 testing capacity.

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Carlos Roy Fajarta, Iman Rahman Cahyadi, Jakarta – Indonesia is expanding the capacity of its main isolation facility for Covid-19 patients in the capital Jakarta as the number of new c

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Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto is in hot water because of a recent comment about having deployed thousands of medical interns to the front lines of the

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has temporarily shuttered 37 companies based in the city since full large-scale restrictions (PSBB) were reimposed in the capital earlier this week

Primus Dorimulu, Dina Fitri Anisa, Indah Handayani, Jakarta – Indonesia would soon run out of hospital beds to handle Covid-19 patients in a severe and critical condition, presenting a

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The daily death toll in the Indonesian Covid-19 outbreak has exceeded 100 for seven consecutive days, the longest streak of three-digit deaths as newly cases

Yudo Dahono, Yustinus Paat, Dina Manafe, Jakarta – The latest data have revealed that the ministries and government institutions' offices as hot spots for the Covid-19 spread in Jakarta

Alya Nurbaiti and Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – In what seems to be an irony in the country's fight against the coronavirus, the Health Ministry office in Kuningan, South Jakarta, turns out

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The rising number of coronavirus cases in Jakarta has forced the capital's administration to add 13 city-owned hospitals to the roster of COVID-19 referral hospi

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – An epidemiologist with the University of Indonesia, Pandu Riono, viewed that President Joko Widodo or Jokowi should directly intervene in the Covid-19 mitigation

Jakarta – Health authorities suspect that several patients currently in treatment at the Wisma Atlet COVID-19 hospital in Jakarta contracted the coronavirus from family members, because

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Indonesia registered a record high of 4,168 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the country's total to 240,687 cases with 9,448 fatalities.

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Authorities in the Jakarta Metro Area have recorded 22,801 people violating health protocols – including wearing masks – in just four days.

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry is working with the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) to provide hotel rooms to isolate COVID-19

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Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – State pharmaceutical holding company PT Bio Farma will have a chance to become an international vaccine producer as it has partnered with the Coalition for

Jakarta – General Elections Commission (KPU) chairman Arief Budiman tested positive for COVID-19 after undergoing a swab test on Thursday evening.

Sheany – Bali Governor Wayan Koster today urged for stricter adherence to health protocolos following a worrying rise of COVID-19 cases on the island lately, with the province bringing

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia's government institutions must set examples of disciplined health protocols, said House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani following the emergenc

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie and Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has confirmed that 11 City Hall employees have tested positive for COVID-19.

Jakarta – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim more lives across the country, many provinces have issued stringent health regulations and imposed hefty penalties on violators to

Jakarta – A joint team comprising the National Police, Indonesian Military (TNI) and local stakeholders have netted hundreds of thousands of health protocol violators through Operasi Yu

Jakarta – The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has called on the government to form a health protection committee for medical personnel as more than 100 members of the association h

Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto – When Ari Harifin Hendriyawan's mother tested positive for the coronavirus, their neighbors brought a hammer and nails and boarded up the lane.

Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force chief Doni Monardo says diabetes mellitus has been the most common comorbidity in COVID-19 deaths in Indonesia.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Health Ministry is distributing financial incentives to resident physicians who have been contributing to COVID-19 care at Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, We

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Indonesia has lost yet another senior government official to COVID-19 following the passing of the Jakarta administration's secretary Saefullah, who has spent

Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force chief Doni Monardo said that 92 percent of COVID-19 patients in certain regions of the country had comorbidities, putting them at high risk from t

Jakarta – Two weeks after Depok, West Java, imposed curfews to counter the rising number of cases of COVID-19, the city has seen businesses beginning to close down.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is in hot water for holding a final tribute to Jakarta secretary Saefullah, who died after contracting COVID-19, by bringing his

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Members of the public across the country have been left puzzled by health protocol regulations issued by authorities, especially regarding the use of face masks

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The Health Ministry COVID-19 cluster is the largest in Jakarta, according to data provided by the city administration.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – New confirmed cases of coronavirus in Indonesia jumped by 3,635 on Thursday to take its total to 232,628, as Riau province in the center of Sumatra Island add

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When Jakarta restored strict restrictions this week, the provincial government also moved to prohibit self-quarantine at home for all COVID-19 patients, even asymptomatic ones.

The recent surge of new COVID-19 cases in Bali appears to be taking its toll on health facilities across the province, as various hospitals inch ever closer to full capacity this week.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has beaten its own record in one-day rise of coronavirus cases three times this month, including another new high on Wednesday.