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Jakarta governor seeks government support to expand COVID-19 testing

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has sought the central government’s support to increase COVID-19 testing, ...

Jakarta Emergency Hospital treats 449 COVID-19 positive inpatients

The number of inpatients testing positive for COVID-19 at the Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital located in Kemayoran, ...

Jokowi orders health minister to finalize rules on social distancing

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) instructed Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto to promptly finalize a ministerial ...

COVID-19: Citizens asked to scrap 'mudik' plans

The Indonesian Government has urged citizens to cancel plans for ‘mudik’, an annual exodus when people ...

COVID-19: 103 patients recover; case count mounts to 1,677

As many as 103 coronavirus patients have recovered in Indonesia as of Wednesday, while the total number of infections ...

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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 ...

Volunteers to become mainstay for countermeasures against COVID-19

Volunteers of the COVID-19 response task force in villages will become the mainstay in the efforts to prevent and ...

Mataram city to house returning migrant workers at Nusantara building

The Mataram City Administration in West Nusa Tenggara Province has prepared the Wisma Nusantara building to house ...

5,816 Indonesians join COVID-19 volunteer team

As many as 5,816 people have registered themselves as COVID-19 volunteers since the online registration was opened on ...

Palembang turns athlete dormitory into emergency hospital for COVID-19

The South Sumatra Provincial Administration has turned Jakabaring athletes dormitory into an emergency hospital with ...

Banda Aceh to impose partial lockdown to combat spread of COVID-19

Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh Province, will impose a partial lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus or ...

Jakarta Governor asks residents to remain in city

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan once again appealed to residents of the capital city to stay in and not leave for their ...

Jakarta Military Commander is head of COVID-19 emergency hospital

The Indonesian Task Force for COVID-19 Response has appointed Jakarta's Military Commander (Pangdam Jaya) Major ...

KPU draws government's praises for postponing regional head elections

The government commended a decision taken by the General Election Commission (KPU) to postpone the process of the 2020 ...

COVID-19 case count in Indonesia touches 1,155

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Indonesia rose by 109 to reach 1,155 as of Saturday, with 59 patients ...