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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 ...

Health reform has become a priority: ministry

The COVID-19 pandemic has made health sector reform a top priority for dealing with the threat of future outbreaks, ...

Government to build 67 health centers in 2022, mostly in Papua

The Indonesian Health Ministry is planning to build 67 Public Health Centers (Puskesmas) in 2022 to plug the shortage ...

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's Health office finds six locally transmitted Omicron cases

Of the 162 Omicron cases recorded in Jakarta, the Health Office has detected six cases of local transmission, head of ...

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 ...