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Indonesia to inoculate 21.5 million of elderly population by June

The Indonesian government is targeting to get 21.5 million senior citizens vaccinated against COVID-19 by June this ...

Indonesia intensifies COVID-19 contact tracing to lower fatality rate

Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono Harbuwono highlighted the government’s continued efforts to strengthen the ...

Govt aims to ensure national vaccination program completed by 2021-end

Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartanto highlighted the government's target to complete the ...

Task force lauds involvement of military, police as COVID-19 tracers

COVID-19 Handling Task Force Chief Doni Monardo praised the involvement of personnel of the Indonesian Defense Forces ...

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Daily disasters bring mitigation, prevention to fore

The Indonesian people need to find a way to live with natural disasters considering the nation’s geographic ...

Forest, land fires down by 82% in 2020: Mahfud MD

  The incidence of forest and land fires declined by around 82 percent in the past year, based on data ...

Indonesia eyes narrowing down disaster-triggered GDP contraction

Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan highlighted the government's target to ...

Nine disasters reported per day in past year: BNPB

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has recorded a total of 3,253 natural disasters in the one year since ...

Pandemic an opportunity to strengthen disaster resilience: Widodo

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said that the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has offered an opportunity to ...

BNPB reports 657 natural disasters hit Indonesia since early 2021

Indonesia bore witness to 657 natural disasters in the year ending March 1, 2012, that claimed 271 lives, rendered 11 ...

Damage caused to hospital, govt buildings following S Halmahera quake

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake that hit South Halmahera District in North Maluku on Friday caused no fatalities, albeit ...

Minor damages reported in 60 houses following Halmahera earthquake

Some 60 houses incurred minor damages after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake rattled Labuha, South Halmahera (Halsel), on ...

Active cases in 7 regions dip as restrictions take hold

Indonesia has begun to feel the impact of public activity restrictions (PPKM), with many regions witnessing a decline ...

17 districts, cities in South Sulawesi brace for floods

A flood alert has been sounded in 17 out of 24 districts and cities in South Sulawesi province amid forecasts of heavy ...

Drivers can have passed through South Jakarta's road sections: police

The South Jakarta Metropolitan Police reported that car drivers could have passed through various road sections in ...