#coronavirus outbreak

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Internet infrastructure readiness as corona keeps people home

Researchers at the Monash Business School have created a Global Internet Pressure map that measures the strain the ...

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Indonesian Government insists lockdown not an option yet

The question of imposing a nationwide lockdown in Indonesia is continuing to spark debate even as the authorities are ...

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Economic stimulus, social safety get priority as slowdown looms

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, declared by the WHO as a pandemic, has wreaked havoc on the global economy ...

Ensure all drugstores, staple food shops remain opened: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) instructed government officials across Indonesia to ensure that drugstores as well as ...

COVID-19 crisis: Government offers online marriage registration

Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Ministry had offered an online registration service to Indonesians planning to get ...

Imported cases pose new challenge to tackling COVID-19 crisis: Jokowi

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) cautioned that several countries that were able to flatten the curve of their ...

Rupiah strengthens as Chinese economy starts to recover

The Indonesian rupiah strengthened against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank market on Tuesday morning, as the ...

Jakarta Provincial Government records 720 COVID-19 positive cases

The Jakarta Provincial Government has recorded a total number of 720 COVID-19 cases up until Monday, with 48 people ...

MPR supports government's plan to announce territorial quarantine

Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Bambang Soesatyo has put his weight behind the Indonesian ...

Depok to propose local lockdown to West Java government

The Depok City administration has learned the possibility to impose regional quarantine and submit the proposal to the ...

AirAsia to temporarily halt flight services in Indonesia from April 1

AirAsia Indonesia will provisionally halt flight services in Indonesia since April 1, 2020, to stem the risk of the ...

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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 ...

1,115 SE Sulawesi residents undergoing COVID-19 monitoring

A total of 1,115 people are currently under monitoring (ODP) over the coronavirus infection, according to the Southeast ...

Ministry, start-ups to help agri traders hit by coronavirus

The Agriculture Ministry is working with start-ups to support suppliers and traders of agricultural products, ...

COVID-19: Indonesians urged to delay annual tradition of 'mudik'

The Indonesian Government has urged citizens not to return to their hometowns, or, at least, to delay their travel ...