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Task force urges regional govts to improve vaccination coverage

The COVID-19 Handling Task Force has urged all regional governments in Indonesia to ramp up coronavirus vaccinations to ...

Children must get complete basic immunization before COVID vaccination

Health Ministry spokesperson for COVID-19 Vaccination, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, has advised parents to complete the basic ...

COVID-19: Govt readies scenario for booster or third dose vaccine

The Ministry of Health has readied a scenario for the third dose or booster vaccine for preventing further transmission ...

VP asks Aceh to stay alert for new coronavirus variant

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has asked Aceh to increase vigilance against the new Delta AY.4.2 variant of COVID-19 ...

Health Ministry believes 60% vaccination target achievable by 2021-end

A spokesperson for COVID-19 Vaccination from the Health Ministry Siti Nadia Tarmizi is confident that Indonesia can ...

Health Ministry reviewing antivirus medicines besides Molnuvirapir

The Health Ministry is reviewing alternative COVID-19 medications for use besides Molnuvirapir in case a third wave of ...

Gov't prioritizing elderly over children for COVID-19 vaccination

The Indonesian government is still prioritizing COVID-19 vaccinations for the elderly and adults over children, Health ...

The pandemic and the path to change

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought Indonesians to a two-way crossroad where they need to decide whether to stick with ...

Offline learning, condolence visits reason behind rise in cases

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has attributed the rise in COVID-19 cases in the past three weeks to face-to-face ...

Vice Minister equates Indonesia's diabetes problem to an iceberg

Diabetes problem in Indonesia has exhibited an iceberg phenomenon that necessitates early detection efforts to lower ...

BPJS Kesehatan strengthens preventive measures to lower diabetes cases

The Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) has bolstered promotional and preventive activities of the ...

Over 84 million Indonesians receive full vaccination: Health Ministry

A total of 84,161,759 Indonesians have received a full dose of COVID-19 vaccination as of Sunday, according to ...

Indonesia receives eight million Sinovac vaccine doses

Indonesia received a total of eight million doses of the Sinovac vaccine in finished form as a means to support the ...

Pneumonia vaccination to boost children's life expectancy in Indonesia

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that has protracted in Indonesia, pneumonia remains one of the diseases that may ...

Pandemic challenges status quo of Indonesia's health system: Minister

The COVID-19 pandemic that struck worldwide since last year has challenged the status quo of Indonesia's health ...