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Collection of lockdown news, found 288 news.

PMI raises funds to help handle COVID-19 through QRIS

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) raises humanitarian aid funds for handling the COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia through ...

Depok to propose local lockdown to West Java government

The Depok City administration has learned the possibility to impose regional quarantine and submit the proposal to the ...

Banda Aceh to impose partial lockdown to combat spread of COVID-19

Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh Province, will impose a partial lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus or ...

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On the importance of lockdown: lessons from plague control in Java

It has been nearly a month since Indonesia recorded its first novel coronavirus infection, but the authorities are yet ...

Pekanbaru's airport passenger symptomatic with corona sent to hospital

A male passenger at the Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport, Pekanbaru, Riau, was sent to a local hospital ...

President calls to provide special budget for COVID-19 handling

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) called on all ministries and regional heads to apportion a special budget channeled from ...

Persahabatan Hospital confirms recovery of 11 COVID-19 patients

Persahabatan Hospital announced that 11 patients infected with COVID-19 had fully recovered as of Tuesday, 12:30 p.m. ...

Jokowi urges officials to ramp up cash-funded labor intensive programs

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged officials in the regions to add more labor-intensive programs, financed in ...

Government allots Rp10 trillion for laid-off workers

The Indonesian government has apportioned funding of Rp10 trillion as a precautionary measure to address the rising ...

SOE Ministry to dispatch COVID-19 lab equipment to 10 provinces

The Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) plans to send laboratory equipment to 10 provinces as a form of ...

Physical distancing is better alternative to lockdown: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) opined that every country has its own inimitable character and culture, so physical ...

Malaysia delays deportation of undocumented Indonesian migrant workers

The Malaysian authorities in Sabah have delayed the deportation of several undocumented Indonesian migrant workers ...

Six SOEs allowed to buy back shares

Six state-owned enterprises (SOEs) listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange will buy back their shares in efforts to ...

East Timor imposes month-long coronavirus lockdown

East Timor has implemented a lockdown from Thursday as a precautionary measure to check the spread of coronavirus in ...

Social distancing practiced among passengers at Bali airport

The I Gusti Ngurai Rai International Airport authority, Bali Island, has applied the concept of social distancing for ...