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Indonesia urged to install thermal scanners at all departure terminals

The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) has urged the government to install thermal scanners at all departure ...

Muhammadiyah launches public awareness campaign on COVID-19

Muhammadiyah's COVID-19 Command Center launched a public awareness campaign on ways to reduce risks of contracting ...

Suspected COVID-19 patient discharged from Jakarta hospital

A patient has been discharged from Jakarta's Sulianti Saroso Infectious Disease Hospital (RSPI) after a thorough ...

Indonesia, the Netherlands ink MoU on infectious disease control

Indonesia and the Netherlands have inked several agreements, including on infectious disease control, during the Dutch ...

At least 177 COVID-19 hoaxes in Indonesia

The Communication and Informatics Ministry reports that from January to March 8 there were 177 novel coronavirus hoaxes ...

Facilities on Galang Island to be improved in two weeks

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs Muhadjir Effendy voiced President Jokowi’s ...

Galang facility to become observation center, not hospital: Minister

The former Vietnamese refugee camp in Galang Island will not be developed as a hospital but rather as an isolation and ...

Govt allots Rp17 billion for Galang Island's water distribution system

The government has allocated funding worth Rp17 billion to install a water distribution system on Galang Island in ...

Indonesia reports two more COVID-19 confirmed cases

The Indonesian government's spokesperson for COVID-19 handling measures, Achmad Yurianto, confirmed that two more ...

Indonesian police to act against coronavirus profiteers: minister

Police would take stern action against community members who hoard goods, including medical masks, for profit amid ...

University of Jember imposes COVID-19 preventive measures

The University of Jember (Unej), East Java, applied preventive measures to stop the spread of novel coronavirus disease ...

Social ministry applies COVID-19 preventative measures on its workers

The Social Affairs Ministry has begun intensifying its surveillance over the spread of the novel coronavirus disease ...

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Indonesia prepares measures to handle COVID-19 cases

Indonesia has now come under the clutches of Coronavirus (COVID-19), with President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) announcing on ...

President orders police action against those stockpiling masks

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has ordered Chief of the National Police General Idham Aziz to take stern measures ...

Minister prepared to apportion additional budget for handling COVID-19

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has made assurance of additional budget being allocated as a precautionary ...