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Health workers receive third vaccine dose in Medan

The Adam Malik Public Hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, has begun vaccinating health workers with the COVID-19 ...

Healthcare workers in Surabaya to receive third vaccine dose this week

The Health Office of Surabaya City, East Java Province, will start administering the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine ...

Third COVID-19 shots only for 1.5 million Indonesian health workers

The Indonesian Health Ministry announced on Monday that the third COVID-19 shots or booster vaccination would only be ...

Drugstores running out of three COVID-19 drugs: ministry

The Health Ministry on Wednesday afternoon flagged a shortage in stocks of three types of therapeutic drugs used in the ...

Moeldoko invites community to unite power, strength to face COVID-19

Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko invited the public to unite power and strength to find solutions to deal with the ...

Beware of calorie-dense foods during Eid to prevent stroke: Doctor

Neurologist at the Islamic General Hospital (RSUI), Dinda Diafiri, advised the public to steer clear from consuming ...

Indonesia still encumbered by triple burden of disease challenges: VP

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin pointed out that Indonesia continued to face health challenges posed by the triple ...

TB eradication program should move forward despite COVID-19 pandemic

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin emphasized that the tuberculosis (TB) eradication program in Indonesia should move ...

Second vaccine dose may raise antibody level to 99%: official

People who receive the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine can expect their antibody level to increase to up to 99 ...

2.5 mln cancer cases in 2020, treatment cost Rp3.5 trillion

The treatment of 2.5 million cancer cases in Indonesia in 2020 cost up to Rp3.5 trillion, Vice Health Minister Dr. ...

Govt readies steps to enforce micro-level territorial quarantine

The Indonesian government is finalizing steps to impose limited territorial quarantine to thwart a spike in the number ...

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Indonesia committed to simultaneously handling TB and COVID-19

Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelagic nation, with over 17 thousand islands and a population of some 267 ...

Indonesia ranks third among TB high-burden nations: president

President Joko Widodo drew attention to the harrowing reality that Indonesia ranked third for the incidence of ...

Jokowi cautions of high TB case count among productive-age populace

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has given a cautionary reminder of the high number of tuberculosis (TB) cases among ...

Merely 69% of 845,000 TB cases reported in Indonesia: ministry

The Health Ministry has estimated that only 69 percent of the 845 thousand cases of tuberculosis (TB) in Indonesia were ...