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Young workers constitute majority of COVID-19 cases: health office

Young workers in the age bracket of 21-30 years constituted the largest chunk of COVID-19 cases in December ...

Be more vigilant as hospital's BOR surges: Patria

Deputy Governor of Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria appealed to all parties to be more vigilant as the bed occupancy ratio ...

Epidemiologist asks gov't to re-evaluate PPKM policy

An epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono asked the government to evaluate the ...

COVID-19: Jakarta administers boosters to 216,726 residents

The realization of the third or booster shots in Jakarta has reached 216,726 people out of the targeted 8 million in ...

Travelers from Saudi Arabia constitute bulk of Indonesia's 882 cases

The Indonesian Health Ministry reported that confirmed cases of Omicron in Indonesia had totalled 882 as of Thursday ...

Jakarta kicks off COVID-19 booster drive

A COVID-19 booster vaccination drive was launched at the Kramat Jati Community Health Center (Puskesmas) in East ...

Jakarta imposes micro lockdown amid Omicron spread

The Jakarta provincial government has imposed micro-scale lockdown in several areas following an increase in the number ...

Cl government's decision awaited for booster dose administration

In the wake of rising number of Omicron cases, the Jakarta Health Office confirmed that the central government's ...

Weekly swab tests in 10% Jakarta schools: official

Students and teachers will undergo weekly swab tests in 10 percent of Jakarta schools that are carrying out ...

70% Jakartan health workers receive booster vaccine: Health Office

As many as 70 percent or 71 thousand health workers registered as Jakarta residents have received the third dose of the ...

Jakarta maintains health protocol in mass transit against Omicron

The Jakarta Health Office intends to maintain the new habits and health protocols, especially in means of public ...

Ministry breaks down chronology of first local Omicron transmission

Director of infectious disease prevention and control at the Health Ministry Siti Nadia Tarmizi explained the ...

Patient infected with Omicron relocated to RSPI Sulianto Saroso: gov't

A joint task force relocated a COVID-19 positive patient infected with the Omicron variant at Green Bay Condominium ...

First patient of local Omicron transmission is asymptomatic: Ministry

Indonesia's first patient of the local transmission of the Omicron variant did not exhibit any symptoms of illness, ...

First local transmission of Omicron confirmed in Indonesia

The Health Ministry has detected the first local case of transmission of the COVID-19 variant Omicron involving a ...