#disease prevention and control

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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 ...

East Nusa Tenggara lost 22,000 hogs to African swine fever

The African Swine Fever (ASF) has wiped out a hog population of at least 22 thousand in Indonesia’s East Nusa ...

Indonesian quarantine service increases surveillance of swine flu

The Indonesian quarantine and inspection service ramped up its surveillance over the entry and outflows of meat and ...

Precautionary measures increased against swine flu

Indonesia's Health Ministry increased precautionary measures against a possible swine flu threat in future after ...

Jakarta adds 213 new COVID-19 cases and 68 recoveries but no death

The capital city Jakarta added 213 new COVID-19 cases and 68 recoveries, but there was no new death on Saturday. The ...

Jakarta's large-scale social distancing extended until June 18

Governor of Jakarta  Anies Rasyid Baswedan officially extended the period of large-scale social distancing ...

7,308 patients recover from COVID-19 in Indonesia

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Indonesia has so far reached a total of 26,473, and 7,308 of them have ...

Spokesman confirms 180 new recoveries from COVID-19 infection

Indonesia recorded 180 new recoveries from the COVID-19 infection on Wednesday, thereby bringing the total count of ...

Indonesia records 18,496 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 4,467 recoveries

Indonesia’s coronavirus case count has shot up to 18,496 as of Tuesday, with 4,467 people recovering from the ...

Jakarta's confirmed COVID-19 case count reaches 4,775

With 66 more people testing positive for the novel coronavirus disease, which originated in Wuhan (China) in late 2019, ...

A closer look at Taiwan's efforts to tackle COVID-19

The threat of emerging infectious diseases to global health, economy, trade, and tourism refuses to die ...

Government gears for mass testing, prepares 1 million coronavirus kits

The Indonesian government will prepare one million rapid test kits for almost 700 thousand people considered at risk of ...

Vice Minister apprises foreign embassies of efforts to check COVID-19

Vice Foreign Minister Mahendra Siregar highlighted the directives issued by President Joko Widodo on COVID-19, ...

Indonesia introduces large-scale social distancing measures

University of Indonesia (UI), March 13, 2020, announced migrating from face-to-face class meetings to the online-study ...

Indonesia's coronavirus cases jump to 117

Indonesia on Sunday reported 21 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), binging the nationwide total number of ...