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Expert analysis ongoing of 26 COVID-19 mutations in Indonesia: Prof

Professor of Lung, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Tjandra Yoga Aditama, revealed that several ...

Minister urges returning migrant workers to undergo genome sequencing

Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy urged relevant authorities to detect whether ...

No Indian nationals had entered North Sumatra: top police officer

A top police officer confirmed that no Indian nationals had entered North Sumatra Province through the Kualanamu ...

Indonesia confirms 59 travelers from India tested COVID-19 positive

Spokesperson for COVID-19 of the Health Ministry, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, conveyed that 59 travelers from India in ...

Four Indian crew members test COVID-19 positive in Dumai, Riau

Four Indians out of the 22 crew members of an Indian-flagged ship docked at the Port of Dumai, Riau Province, on April ...

Health Ministry studies potential virus mutation from Indian arrivals

Health Ministry's COVID-19 vaccination spokesperson, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, noted that the identification of ...

New COVID-19 variant B1525 identified in Batam of Riau Islands

B1525, a new variant of COVID-19, was detected in Batam in an Indonesian migrant worker in Malaysia that had returned ...

N439K variant causes the virus to avoid antibodies: LIPI

The N439K mutation causes the SARS-CoV-2 virus, causal to the COVID-19 outbreak, to avoid antibodies, according to the ...

BPOM approves COVID-19 drug Avifavir for emergency use

Indonesia’s Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has approved COVID-19 drug Avifavir for emergency use on ...

Govt focusing on building herd immunity quickly to contain pandemic

The Indonesian government has said it will continue to accelerate efforts to achieve herd immunity in order to bring ...

WHO pays no attention to new coronavirus N439K: Health Ministry

Vaccination spokesperson for the Health Ministry Dr Siti Nadia Tarmizi said the mutation of the new coronavirus N439K, ...

COVID-19: Indonesia reaches 3.9 mln vaccine doses

The number of Indonesians receiving their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine rose by 216,422 to reach 3,985,596 as of ...

New measures not necessary to tackle new virus variant: epidemiologist

A change in strategy will not be necessary to deal with the spread of the new coronavirus variant, B1.1.7, in ...

COVID-19: Vaccine still effective against UK variant, assures govt

The COVID-19 vaccine that is currently being used in Indonesia is effective against the B1.1.7 variant, which is ...

COVID-19: UK variant detected in West Java's Karawang

West Java Governor M Ridwan Kamil said a new coronavirus variant, B.1.1.7, which is more contagious and than when it ...