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Int'l collaboration will accelerate COVID-19 vaccine development

​​​​​​ International collaboration, both between countries and institutions, is needed in order to ...

Minister issues fresh guidelines on COVID-19 prevention, control

Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto, has issued a decree (KMK), Number HK.01.07 / Menkes / 413/2020, promulgating ...

Missing boat skipper's body found in West Kalimantan's Kubu Raya

Pontianak Search and Rescue (SAR) agency’s rescuers, Tuesday morning, found the body of Asek, who went missing ...

Imposing controls on inter-state vehicular, people movements crucial

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), at a meeting in Jakarta on Monday, stressed on the significance of controlling ...

Merely 69% of 845,000 TB cases reported in Indonesia: ministry

The Health Ministry has estimated that only 69 percent of the 845 thousand cases of tuberculosis (TB) in Indonesia were ...

Spike in new cases due to aggressive tracing, tests: spokesperson

The number of new coronavirus cases has registered an increase due to aggressive contact tracing and mass testing ...

North Sumatra readies Rp500-billion for 2nd-phase handling of COVID-19

The North Sumatra provincial government readied allocation of Rp500 billion for second phase of handling the impacts of ...

Government to reduce COVID-19 socio-economic burden on tourism workers

Indonesia's government has pledged to help over 17 thousand tourism workers in North Sumatra currently reeling from ...

Global economy to fully recover in 2022: former Indonesian minister

The world's economic recovery from the twin crises, encumbering several nations worldwide owing to the ongoing ...

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COVID-19 adding to challenge posed by forest fires

With Indonesia still in the grip of the coronavirus, which is known to cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), ...

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Balanced approach needed to battle twin health and economic crises

As its coronavirus case count crosses 50 thousand, Indonesia, which has been battling the COVID-19 pandemic since March ...

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On Jakarta anniversary, a 'present': pandemic showing signs of slowing

There has been no grand celebration to commemorate Jakarta's 493rd anniversary this year as the Indonesian capital ...

Jakarta registers 195 fresh COVID-19 cases on Thursday

The Jakarta provincial government recorded 195 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Thursday, ...

Global economic crisis is real: Indonesian President Jokowi

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) spoke of being informed of the global economic crisis being a real challenge, ...

Pertamina donates personal protective gear to two Kupang hospitals

State-owned oil and gas holding company PT Pertamina (Persero) donated 400 hazmat suits, 200 goggles, and six thousand ...