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Govt readies 80,000 hospital beds for COVID-19 patients

The Indonesian government has prepared 80 thousand beds in different hospitals for COVID-19 patients, especially amid ...

Local gov'ts need to strengthen Omicron prevention: Epidemiologist

Field epidemiologist from Jenderal Soedirman University (Unsoed) dr. Yudhi Wibowo reminded local governments to ...

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Indonesia accelerates vaccination drive amid threat of Omicron spread

The Indonesian Government has expedited the implementation of the vaccination drive, including booster shot offers, ...

Bandung to conduct random testing at schools against Omicron

The Government of Bandung City, West Java Province, will conduct random COVID-19 testing at schools that implement ...

Omicron early detection tool's production completed by January-end

Production of the S-Gene Target Failure, or PCR test, for virus detection in 4-6 hours, as an early indication of the ...

Government lifts ban on travelers from 14 countries

The government has lifted its entry ban on nationals from 14 countries with Omicron infections, citing stringent ...

Yogyakarta examines eight samples from Omicron suspects

The Yogyakarta Special Region Government examined eight samples of people suspected to have contracted the new variant ...

Four Omicron infections detected in one family in Bandung

Four Bandung residents who have been confirmed positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 belong to the same family, ...

Indonesia urged to intensify contact tracing to check Omicron spread

Indonesia needs to intensify contact tracing and mass testing among communities to curb a potential resurgence in ...

Yogyakarta steps up contact tracing amid Omicron threat

The City Government of Yogyakarta has taken several steps as a precautionary measure against the spread of the Omicron ...

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 ...

Health service explains chronology of Omicron finding in East Java

Head of the East Java Provincial Health Service Dr. Erwin Astha Triyonno broke down the chronology of the finding of ...

Govt applying four strategies to handle Omicron variant

The Indonesian government is applying four strategies to handle and prevent the spread of the Omicron variant of ...

BRIN to focus on vaccine development in 2022

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has said it will work on developing the Merah Putih vaccine and a ...

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 ...