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New COVID-19 variant B1525 identified in Batam of Riau Islands

B1525, a new variant of COVID-19, was detected in Batam in an Indonesian migrant worker in Malaysia that had returned ...

Micro-scale restrictions helping Bali slash infection rate: Governor

Bali Governor Wayan Koster has claimed that the customary village-based imposition of micro-scale public activity ...

COVID-19: Three Batam city buffer islands get green zone status

Three of Batam city's buffer islands have been declared COVID-19 green zones following the recovery of five ...

Riau Islands: 3,000 imams, mosque keepers to get AstraZeneca vaccine

  As many as three thousand mosque staff, including imams and mosque keepers (marbot) in Bintan Island, ...

Govt to vaccinate 30,000 tourism operators in Riau Islands

The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy is aiming to inoculate 30 thousand tourism workers against COVID-19 in ...

Govt to inoculate 30,000 tourism entrepreneurs in Batam, Bintan

Indonesia’s Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry is targeting to vaccinate 30 thousand tourism entrepreneurs ...

Riau Islands encouraged to offer longer travel packages

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno, has urged the Riau Islands provincial administration to ...

Four boats burst into flames at Batam pier

Fire erupted in four boats at a customs pier in Batam City, Riau Islands Province, on Tuesday, though there were no ...

BNN arrests two people with 450 kilograms of marijuana

The Indonesian National Narcotics Agency (BNN) successfully aborted an attempt to smuggle some 450 kilograms of ...

Police seize 8.2-kg meth, 21,000 ecstasy pills smuggled from Malaysia

The Indonesian Police's Directorate of Narcotics Crime managed to confiscate 8.2 kilograms (kg) of crystal ...

Four doctors die of COVID-19 in Riau Islands

A total of 96 doctors in Riau Islands province have tested positive for COVID-19, with four of them succumbing to the ...

Riau Islands authorities sink 5 foreign fishing boats caught poaching

The Riau Islands High Prosecutor's Office sank five foreign fishing boats seized by officers for conducting illegal ...

British national recovers from COVID-19 in Batam

A British national, identified as COVID-19 case number 661, has been declared free of the infection in Batam city in ...

COVID-19: Indonesia records 32.9% increase in weekly cases

Indonesia's Task Force for COVID-19 Response has revealed that the country has recorded a 32.9-percent increase in ...

Three foreign nationals test positive for COVID-19 in Batam

The COVID-19 Task Force of Batam city, Riau Islands province confirmed on Monday that three foreign nationals have ...