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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 ...

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 ...

Over 500,000 children aged 6 -11 vaccinated in a week

More than 500 thousand children in the 6-11 age group have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine across ...

Jokowi reviews vaccination for children aged 6-11 years in Jakarta

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) reviewed COVID-19 vaccination for children in the age bracket of six to 11 years at the ...

Vaccinations for children aged 6--11 to start Tuesday: ministry

COVID-19 vaccinations for 26.8 million Indonesian children in the 6–11 age group will begin on Tuesday, an ...

Health Ministry prioritizes Sinovac for children aged 6-11 in 2022

The Health Ministry will prioritize the use of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine solely for children in the age bracket of ...

Fight against antimicrobial resistance

There is an important takeaway from the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week commemoration in Nusa Dua, Bali province, on ...

Regional govts urged to expedite basic immunization for toddlers

The Ministry of Health has urged local governments to expedite the coverage for basic immunization for toddlers and ...

Jakarta: Kids aged 6--11 to get COVID jab at school

Jakarta will include schools as COVID-19 vaccination sites for children in the 6–11 age group, an official has ...