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Micro-restrictions bring marked decline in COVID-19 cases

After struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic over the last one year, Indonesia finally managed to bring down ...

Grand Inna Hotel in Medan grapples to survive COVID-19 impacts

North Sumatra Chapter Denny S. Wardhana pointed out that the province's hotel businesses had yet to ...

Bus accident in West Java's Sumedang results in 22 deaths

No less than 22 people died after a bus plummeted into a 20-meter-deep ravine in West Java's Sumedang District on ...

Sorong: 1,650 frontline public servants get second vaccine jab

At least 1,650 frontline public servants in Sorong district, West Papua province have received the second shot of the ...

Independent vaccinations can help achieve herd immunity faster: expert

Independent vaccinations could help accelerate the achievement of herd immunity against the coronavirus in the country, ...

New measures not necessary to tackle new virus variant: epidemiologist

A change in strategy will not be necessary to deal with the spread of the new coronavirus variant, B1.1.7, in ...

Government aims to inoculate 70 percent of traders in Badung

The Badung district government has outlined a target of administering vaccination to 70 percent of all market traders ...

Traditional market traders in Bali's Badung district get vaccinated

The Bali COVID-19 Task Force personnel have begun vaccinating traditional market traders in Badung District to prevent ...

Economic growth must be supported by investment: ADB

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President Bambang Susantono highlighted that economic growth during the pandemic not ...

Govt relying on vaccine drive, economic stimulus to script recovery

- has also relaxed the loan to value (LTV) ratio for motor vehicles and housing loans for the period from March to ...

Liquor trade would be counterproductive to halal tourism bid: MUI

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has said opening up liquor trade would be counterproductive to the government's ...

Freeport Indonesia provides aid for refugees in Papua's Intan Jaya

PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has supplied 5.3 tonnes of staple food for several hundred residents of Intan Jaya ...

North Sumatra COVID-19 death toll reaches 819

With six more people succumbing to the novel coronavirus disease in North Sumatra, the number of fatalities in the ...

Papua government moves to restore normalcy in Intan Jaya

Papua’s provincial administration is making efforts to restore normalcy in Intan Jaya district, which has been ...

Green zones on rise post micro-scale social restrictions: ministry

The number of COVID-19-free villages has increased since the government implemented micro-scale social restrictions ...