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Endeavoring for a balance between COVID-19 handling, economy recovery

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) opined that handling of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic must be conducted ...

Keep harnessing the power of enthusiasm to tackle COVID-19: President

At a limited meeting via video teleconference, Monday, President Joko Widodo reminded all government officials to not ...

Government prioritizing speed, safety, precision in COVID-19 vaccine

Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Wiku Adisasmito echoed the government’s aspirations to ...

New committee comprises policy team, COVID-19, economic task forces

The COVID-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery Committee, formed by President Joko Widodo through Presidential ...

Indonesia forms COVID-19 handling, economic recovery committee

President Joko Widodo on Monday approved the formation of a COVID-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery Committee ...

Bintan Island readies strict health protocols for tourism reopening

Bintan District in Riau Islands Province, is prepping to reopen its tourist destinations by applying strict health ...

Jokowi instructs ministry to restore normalcy in flood-hit North Luwu

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) ordered Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Minister Basuki Hadimuljono to personally ...

Ministry disburses Rp2.9 trillion funding to COVID-19 task force

The Finance Ministry disbursed funding of Rp2.9 trillion, out of the Rp3.5 trillion budgeted for the COVID-19 handling ...

West Papua has successfully controlled COVID-19: Task Force

COVID-19 National Task Force Head Doni Monardo perceives that West Papua Province has been successful in controlling ...

COVID-19 recovery rate in Indonesia's 11 provinces has exceeded 75 pct

The recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in 11 provinces has exceeded 75 percent, according to Spokesman of the ...

President visits Central Java to inspect COVID-19 Command Post

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), on Tuesday, departed for Central Java to inspect the COVID-19 handling and ...

Government ensures migrant workers return to their hometowns safely

The government would facilitate Indonesian migrant workers to return to the country in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic ...

Rescue workers dispatched to locate missing tugboat skipper

A search has been launched for the skipper of tugboat Multi Sahabat 8, who went missing after his vessel capsized in ...

Helicopter pressed into service to locate missing fishermen

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has deployed a helicopter to search for three fishermen who went missing ...

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Wuhan to Natuna: Journalists' take on covering repatriated Indonesians

A few short weeks before the President Joko Widodo announced the first COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia, the public had ...