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Jakartans with Arcturus symptoms urged to get tested

The Jakarta Health Office has asked residents who are experiencing symptoms of Omicron XBB.1.16 or Arcturus sub-variant ...

Second patient of Arcturus variant develops pneumonia: official

The Jakarta Health Service has reported that a medical examination conducted on a second patient affected by the ...

PMK Ministry asks people to remain alert against TB

The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture (PMK Ministry) has asked people to remain vigilant and ...

Tracing 20 contacts of Purwakarta polio patient: ministry

The Ministry of Health has traced 20 people who came in close contact with a child in Purwakarta, West Java, who ...

Bird flu can develop rapidly into severe lung disease: official

The Jakarta Provincial Health Service has informed that bird flu in humans can quickly develop into severe lung ...

Number of Kraken cases reaches 3

The number of patients detected with the Omicron XBB 1.5 sub-variant or Kraken has reached three so far, including a ...

Low fund allocations in APBD challenge to leprosy handling: Ministry

The Ministry of Health has said that low fund allocation in regional budgets (APBD) for the handling of tropical ...

Indonesia ranks third globally in leprosy prevalence: Ministry

Indonesia ranked third in the world in the number of cases of leprosy in 2021, according to the Health ...

PeduliLindungi kept 626,000 patients from transmitting coronavirus

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said that the COVID-19 mobile contact tracing application PeduliLindungi has ...

Liquid nitrogen in ready-to-eat food can harm human body: BPOM

The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) cautioned that the addition of liquid nitrogen to ready-to-eat food ...

Doctor warns of potential TB transmission through droplets

Pediatrician at Harapan Kita Mother and Children Hospital, Jakarta, Dimas Dwi Saputro warned of the potential ...

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Indonesia advancing towards COVID-19 endemic stage

- the only agency authorized to declare a pandemic -- is yet to confirm that the world has entered the COVID-19 endemic ...

Jakartans asked to wear masks while celebrating New Year

Acting governor of Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono has advised the capital city’s residents to continue wearing ...

Some 15 BF.7 cases came from local transmission, foreign travelers

The Ministry of Health detected a total of 15 patients infected with the Omicron BF.7 sub variant of COVID-19 in ...

Jakarta tightens WGS surveillance to curb Omicron BF.7 transmission

The Jakarta Health Office tightened whole-genome sequencing (WGS) surveillance to suppress the spread of the Omicron ...