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Health facilities strengthened to tackle acute hepatitis in children

The Ministry of Health is strengthening healthcare facilities to deal with cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin ...

Health Ministry identifies five regional zones for malaria elimination

The Ministry of Health has identified five regional zones for malaria elimination as part of an effort to realize ...

Indonesia strikes US$150 million worth deals with Japanese businessmen

Business deals totaling US$150 million (around Rp2.15 trillion) have been struck during a Japanese business ...

Ministry expands mobile X-ray service to cut TB transmission

The Health Ministry has expanded the X-ray mobile service to intensify the tracking of active tuberculosis (TB) cases ...

Minister presses for smarter investment among measures to handle TB

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has called for various measures to handle tuberculosis (TB), including smarter ...

Indonesia, large countries working to address global disruptions

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has said that Indonesia and other large countries are ...

Decline in visits to health facilities hampers TB treatment: ministry

The reduced number of public visits to health facilities during the pandemic has become one of the challenges to ...

Mawi DNA Technologies nabs CE certification for sample collection product portfolio

- Mawi DNA Technologies (Mawi), a leader in biosample collection technologies, announces the company received CE Mark ...

Endemic stage unattainable if one country trailing behind: spokesman

Indonesia will not enter the COVID-19 endemic stage if even one country is trailing behind in terms of tackling ...

Health Ministry offers hotline for self-isolating patients

The Ministry of Health has provided a standby channel, or hotline, for people undergoing self-isolation due to COVID-19 ...

Java-Bali daily cases down in comparison with Delta's peak

Several areas in Java and Bali have started to record a decline in the number of cases of COVID-19 in contrast to the ...

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Govt bolsters strategies as Omicron wave sweeps Indonesia

Indonesia is currently witnessing the third wave of COVID-19 infections triggered by the Omicron variant, which, though ...

COVID-19 cases projected to increase in next few days: official

Health Ministry's Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Director, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, estimated that the number ...

Omicron positivity rate higher than Delta though BOR lower

The number of positive Omicron cases exceeded the Delta variant, though the bed occupancy rate (BOR) was lower than the ...

Omicron peak could be higher than Delta: ministry

The number of cases caused by the Omicron variant of COVID-19 could be higher than the peak recorded during the Delta ...