#new variant

Collection of new variant news, found 266 news.

Indonesia turns to EpiC, USAID for endemic guidance

The Health Ministry will rope in international institutions EpiC and the United States Agency for International ...

Ministry traces close contacts of COVID-19 Kraken variant patient

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated that his ministry is currently tracing the close contacts of the patient of ...

Genome sequencing, serosurveys key for pandemic control: Minister

The key to controlling the COVID-19 pandemic lies in identifying new virus types through genome sequencing and ...

New COVID-19 cases caused by new variants, not travel: Minister

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin clarified that people's travel or dynamics did not really affect the spike in ...

68.57 million Indonesians receive third COVID-19 vaccine dose

The number of Indonesians who have received the third dose or the first booster of the COVID-19 vaccine reached 68.57 ...

COVID-19 vaccination must continue despite PPKM revocation: minister

COVID-19 vaccinations must continue despite the revocation of the community activity restrictions (PPKM) policy on ...

Soekarno-Hatta Airport maintains health protocols despite PPKM end

The enforcement of strict health protocols and screenings would remain at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, ...

Decision to end PPKM shows COVID-19 condition under control: Ministry

Spokesperson of the Health Ministry, Mohammad Syahril, stated that the government's decision to end the ...

Jakarta tightens WGS surveillance to curb Omicron BF.7 transmission

The Jakarta Health Office tightened whole-genome sequencing (WGS) surveillance to suppress the spread of the Omicron ...

COVID-19 case spike not caused by public mobility: minister

The latest spike in COVID-19 cases has not been caused by public mobility, but by the emergence of a new variant of the ...

Two BF.7 patients recover in Jakarta: Health Office

Two patients found infected with the Omicron BF.7 variant in Jakarta on October 24, 2022, and November 1 have recovered ...

Indonesia's COVID-19 recoveries rise by 2,531

The number of COVID-19 recoveries in Indonesia increased by 2,531 on Wednesday, taking the total count to 6,542,791, ...

Police call for health protocol compliance during New Year revelry

Bantul Resort Police of the Special Region of Yogyakarta have appealed to people to comply with the health protocols ...

Optimistic of no COVID spike during Christmas holidays: minister

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said he is optimistic that there will be no spike in COVID-19 cases in ...

Health Ministry monitoring emergence of BN.1 sub-variant

The Ministry of Health is monitoring the latest Omicron sub-variant BN.1, which has been detected in Indonesia ahead of ...