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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 ...

Minister highlights decline in new XBB, BQ.1 COVID-19 cases

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin noted that the number of Omicron XBB and BQ.1 COVID-19 subvariant cases in ...

COVID-19: Indonesia logs 3,225 daily cases

The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Indonesia increased by 3,225 on Monday to reach 6,653,469, the COVID-19 ...

Jakarta conducts early detection for elderly to prevent COVID deaths

The Jakarta Health Office conducts early detection for residents in their forties that also have comorbidities through ...

People with comorbidities must complete COVID-19 vaccination: govt

People with comorbidities must complete their COVID-19 vaccination without delay to prevent severe symptoms and ...

Intensify COVID-19 testing capacity amid XBB case spike: Minister

The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture emphasized the importance of the capacity to test, trace, ...

Crucial to examine TB patients' close contacts: Health Ministry

Head of the TB and SARI Work Team at the Health Ministry Tiffany Tiara Pakasi emphasized the importance of examining ...

G20 Indonesia

G20: Global health protocol harmonization implemented in early 2023

All G20 countries agreed to implement the global health protocol harmonization concept at the start of 2023, G20's ...

10 contacts of patients infected with XBB variant test negative

Ten people who had close contact with patients infected with the XBB sub-variant of Omicron in Indonesia have tested ...

Government handles TB spread through name-, address-based surveillance

The Indonesian Government is committed to handling the spread of tuberculosis (TB) disease cases through a good ...

Prevent tuberculosis through clean and healthy lifestyle: Ministry

The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture called on the public to prevent tuberculosis (TB) by ...

Opportunity to eliminate COVID-19 health emergency in Indonesia

The COVID-19 pandemic has started to subside in several countries, including in Indonesia, which has witnessed a ...