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VFS Global, Unifier and Accredify partnering to provide digital solution for COVID-19 (RT-PCR) testing required of cross-border travel

VFS Global, Affinidi's Unifier and Accredify have announced a strategic partnership to provide an end-to-end digital ...

Indonesia mulling additional budget for economic recovery program

Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has said the government is mulling the possibility of expanding the budget ...

Indonesian defense minister, WHO Director General hold discussion

Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, met with WHO Director General Tedros A. Ghebreyesus at the WHO ...

Paramedics persuading indigenous Baduy people to take COVID jabs

Paramedics from the Cisimeut Public Health Center, which serves the remote areas of Lebak district, Banten, said they ...

Six dead, 14 missing after vessel sinks in Bali Strait

A motor vessel sank in Bali Strait on Tuesday night, leaving at least six people dead while rendering 14 others ...

Parental behavior triggers COVID-19 cases among children: govt

Siti Nadia Tarmizi, spokesperson for vaccination of the Ministry of Health, attributed the current spike in COVID-19 ...

VP cautions Indonesians against ongoing threats of drug crimes

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin marked the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on Monday by ...

Domicile certificates needed to account for release of vaccines: govt

Indonesian residents are required to bring certificates of domicile to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses, spokesperson for ...

Gojek undertakes massive vaccination drive across 29 cities

Indonesian on-demand platform Gojek said it has launched a COVID-19 vaccination drive for driver-partners across ...

President targets Bogor District to attain herd immunity in August

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is sanguine about Bogor District in West Java achieving herd immunity against COVID-19 ...

35 healthcare workers exposed to COVID-19 in W Java's Cianjur district

Thirty-five healthcare workers in West Java’s Cianjur district were exposed to COVID-19 in the past two weeks, ...

Vice President Amin visits Banten to observe COVID-19 vaccination

Vice President Ma’ruf Amin paid a visit to witness up-close a COVID-19 vaccination drive in South Tangerang City ...

West Papua's residents should consistently follow health protocols

West Papua Deputy Governor Muhammad Lakotani made an earnest request to all residents on continued adherence to health ...

Jakarta readies 2,500 beds at Nagrak apartments for COVID patients

The Jakarta provincial government has prepared 2,500 beds at the Nagrak low-cost apartments in Cilincing neighborhood ...

Police targets vaccinating 20,000 Jakartans as cases escalate

The Jakarta metropolitan police set a target of vaccinating 20 thousand residents on Monday to tackle a new wave of ...