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Before coronavirus, the world once fought off smallpox

The whole world is currently battling a new virus strain that causes acute respiratory complications — the novel ...

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Key takeaways from the cholera outbreak that devastated Batavia

At least 597,185 people worldwide have contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an infectious ailment caused by ...

Indonesia curbs flight services to and imports from Timor Leste

Indonesia has temporarily restricted its flight services to Timor Leste and imports from that country since Friday to ...

Four West Java leaders asked to take coronavirus test

West Java Governor M. Ridwan Kamil said he has requested the mayors of Bekasi, Depok, and Bandung as well as the head ...

Govt supports Chloroquine, Avigan administration to save Indonesians

The Indonesian government's decision to administer Chloroquine and a flu drug Avigan is part of its endeavors to ...

Two foreign COVID-19 patients die in Bali, Indonesia: official

Dewa Made Indra, Bali provincial administration secretary, concurrently spokesman of the provincial government's ...

Indonesia ready to face global economic slowdown amid corona outbreak

The Indonesian government, on Friday, expressed its readiness to face the economic slowdown owing to ongoing concerns ...

Bogor mayor admitted to hospital after testing positive for COVID-19

Bogor Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto is undergoing treatment in the city's public hospital’s isolation room for 14 ...

Social distancing practiced among passengers at Bali airport

The I Gusti Ngurai Rai International Airport authority, Bali Island, has applied the concept of social distancing for ...

Conservation, fisheries development need to go hand in hand: Jokowi

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has said in addition to curbing illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing to ...

Islamic congregation of Global Ijtima in South Sulawesi postponed

The Islamic congregation, termed the 2020 Global Ijtima-Asian Zone, in South Sulawesi Province and attendees comprising ...

Central Java's police pledge to trace those spreading COVID-19 hoaxes

The police in Batang District, Central Java Province, pledged to trace those creating and proliferating hoaxes on the ...

Government should augment task force's role in handling COVID-19: DPR

Indonesian House Speaker Puan Maharani urged the government to optimize the COVID Quick Handling Task Force’s ...

Coronavirus-free certificates given to World Dream's crew members

Indonesian Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto on Saturday handed over health and coronavirus-free certificates to ...

Several of World Dream's 188 quarantined crew members fly home

World Dream cruise ship's 188 crew members departed from the Sebaru Kecil Island, part of Jakarta, Saturday ...