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21 demonstrators found reactive in rapid COVID-19 testing in Medan

Some 21 of the 243 demonstrators arrested during a rally against the job creation law in Medan, North Sumatra’s ...

COVID-19: 3,607 patients discharged, recoveries reach 247,667

Indonesia added 3,607 recoveries in a single day on Friday, which took the number of people who have recovered from the ...

Six provinces register a reduction in COVID-19 cases: Task Force

Six out of 10 provinces with the highest cumulative COVID-19 case count in the past week, Jakarta, North Sumatra, West ...

156 earthquakes have jolted northern parts of Sumatra in a week: BMKG

The Deli Serdang Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) in North Sumatra Province has recorded 156 ...

Three more doctors die of COVID-19, bringing death toll to 130: IDI

The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has reported the deaths of three more frontline doctors due to novel ...

Flash floods inundate several hundred houses in West Java's Cianjur

Flash floods submerged hundreds of houses in the southern part of Cianjur District, West Java, on Saturday, compelling ...

President keen on developing Labuan Bajo as premium tourism zone

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is keen on developing Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, into a premium tourist ...

COVID-19 pandemic dampens Indonesia's palm oil exports by 11 percent

Indonesia's palm oil exports decreased by 11 percent from the corresponding period in 2019, as the world grapples ...

Several hundred houses inundated in North Sumatra's Binjai

Flooding caused by heavy rains swamped hundreds of houses in Binjai City, North Sumatra Province, on Wednesday, thereby ...

Two more high-ranking government officials contract COVID-19

Following the Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister contracting COVID-19 and a director general succumbing to the ...

PMI urges greater vigilance as COVID-19 cases spike

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has urged the public to be more vigilant and careful amid the spike in COVID-19 cases, ...

A top official of Maritime Affairs Ministry succumbs to COVID-19

Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry's Director General for Marine Spatial Management Affairs, Aryo Hanggono, died ...

North Sumatra's 1,100 hotel rooms for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has ordered that 1,100 hotel rooms in North Sumatra Province be readied ...

North Sumatra posts trade surplus of US$248 million with India

North Sumatra registered a surplus of US$248.665 million in its trade with India in the year ending July 31, 2020, ...

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Safeguarding COVID-19 frontliners as cases spike

Several countries across the globe, such as Britain, India, the US, South Korea, Russia, and Indonesia, have re-imposed ...