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Indonesia imposes entry ban to avoid Omicron variant: health ministry

The Indonesian Health Ministry unveiled on Sunday that an entry ban for travelers who live in or have ever visited ...

Vice House Speaker urges gov't to bar S African tourists

Vice House Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad has urged the government to refuse entry to tourists from South Africa and other ...

Ministry pegs total COVID-19 cases at 16 million

Based on a survey conducted from August 2020 to February 2021, the Health Ministry has estimated the number of ...

Smoking caused chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 9.2 mln people

The Health Ministry has informed that the habit of smoking among several Indonesians has resulted in 9.2 million ...

Provision of USG equipment signals progress in public health: official

Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono Harbuwono lauded the provision of ultrasonography (USG) equipment to public health ...

Govt readies 1,200 hospitals to anticipate third COVID-19 wave

The government has readied 1,200 referral hospitals across Indonesia as an anticipatory step against a likely third ...

Hoaxes still hampering COVID-19 vaccinations in remote areas: official

The vaccination program in remote areas of West Sulawesi Province is being hampered by the spread of hoaxes, ...

Health Ministry sets aside Rp46.464 trillion for health insurance aid

The Indonesian government has allocated a budget of Rp46.464 trillion for fund assistance recipients (PBI) of the ...

Indonesia receives 4.3 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses

As many as 4,397,740 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the form of finished products have arrived in Indonesia as ...

Some 807,152 residents of Aceh fully vaccinated against COVID-19

The Aceh Health Office has recorded that as many as 807,152 residents in Aceh Province had received the second dose of ...

SEAMEO RECFON engages multi-stakeholder for Protein Consumption Campaign to combat Stunting in Indonesia

With tears of happiness, the health cadre from Nagari Bandar Siantar in Simalungun, North Sumatera, slowly share her ...

Pandemic opportunity to improve global health system: minister

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed over 5 million lives and infected over 250 million people globally, has ...

Greater vaccination coverage can prevent COVID-19 third wave: expert

Indonesia can avoid a potential third COVID-19 wave if the government expedites vaccination coverage, Iwan Ariawan, an ...

Govt revising guidelines for face-to-face learning

The Indonesian government is revising the guidelines for the implementation of face-to-face learning amid the COVID-19 ...

Low immunization during pandemic triggers outbreak: Health Ministry

Low immunization coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic can potentially cause extraordinary outbreaks (KLB) of several ...