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Extended restrictions needed as health priority concern: Indef

Extended community activity restrictions (PPKM) are needed in Indonesia since the recovery of public health needs to be ...

Switzerland ships 600 oxygen concentrators to Jakarta

Switzerland has sent 600 oxygen concentrators to Indonesia on Saturday (24/7) in an effort to assist the country ...

2 infected after forcefully claiming body of deceased COVID-19 patient

Two from a family of 11 members, who forcefully claimed a COVID-19 body on July 17, 2021, got infected by the virus as ...

Telemedicine to ease vaccine registrations at health facilities: IDI

Chairman of the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI), Daeng M. Faqih, has said he expects telemedicine services to ease ...

Mimika government urges president to consider about hosting PON XX

The Mimika district government of Papua Province will appeal to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to consider the hosting ...

Tangerang city govt intensifies vaccination and 3T during PPKM level 4

The Tangerang city government has stepped up vaccination and testing-tracing-treatment (3T) measures during the ...

Indonesia joins push for sustainable health through GHSP

At the Global Health Summit earlier this year, President Joko Widodo had exhorted G20 countries to "take part to ...

Govt raises health budget to Rp214.95 trillion

The Indonesian government has decided to increase the health budget under the national economic recovery (PEN) program ...

Accurate social aid recipients' data to accelerate distribution: CORE

Availability of accurate data on social aid recipients will speed up the distribution of the aid, Indonesia's ...

Expert presses for maximizing efforts to battle COVID-19 pandemic

Prof. Tjandra Yoga Aditama from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, underscored that efforts to handle ...

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Foreign aid starts arriving to help Indonesia fight COVID surge

With Indonesia recording an exponential increase in COVID-19 cases, several countries have stepped in to provide ...

Make a habit of wearing masks, TNI chief urges citizens

Indonesian Military (TNI) commander, Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto, on Saturday urged Indonesians to form a habit of ...

Military chief explains free COVID drug delivery mechanism

Free COVID-19 medicine packages announced by the government would be delivered to patients in self-isolation who are ...

Health Ministry to procure 50 million doses of Pfizer vaccine

The Indonesian Health Ministry, along with PT Pfizer Indonesia and BioNTech SE, agreed to cooperate in providing 50 ...

Jokowi presses for supervision during distribution of COVID-19 drugs

President Joko Widodo has instructed his ranks to firmly supervise the distribution of free COVID-19 therapy drugs to ...