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Indonesia's poverty rate to touch 11.5 percent amid COVID-19: VP

Indonesia's poverty rate would likely rise to 11.5 percent by 2020-end in the event of no significant flattening of ...

Mary Kay Inc. and the Mary Kay FoundationSM join forces with The UN Trust Fund to end violence against women and CARE USA on a global scale to eliminate gender-based violence

In an effort to support life-saving efforts to prevent and end violence against women, a global public health pandemic ...

Hard work necessary despite improvement in economic indicators: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) sought greater efforts to protect Indonesia from recession in the 2020 third quarter ...

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Coronavirus: when an infodemic almost hits newsrooms

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted that all were not merely fighting an epidemic but an ...

Russian citizen in East Kalimantan tests positive for COVID-19

A Russian citizen received a positive test result for the presence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in East Kutai ...

COVID-19 to not disrupt corruption eradication in Indonesia: KPK

The COVID-19 pandemic will not disrupt the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK's) fight against corruption ...

248 volunteers have received Sinovac vaccine injections in Bandung

The Padjadjaran University's Research Team for the Clinical Trials of Sinovac COVID-19 Vaccine revealed that 248 ...

Indonesia's Health Ministry launches campaign on "Wear a Mask"

The Indonesian Health Ministry launched a campaign on "Wear a Mask" to thwart the spread of COVID-19, which ...

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For economic revival, securing public health is key

Going by data released by the COVID-19 task force, the rate of coronavirus infections is yet to slow in Indonesia. With ...

Indonesia focusing on public health measures as it awaits vaccine

Indonesia, through the COVID-19 task force, is ensuring that the implementation of public health measures continues ...

Spokesman confirms 13 KPK workers, detainee contracting COVID-19

Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission’s (KPK’s) 13 employees and this anti-graft agency’s ...

KPK investigator under self-quarantine after contracting COVID-19

Novel Baswedan, a senior investigator of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), confirmed here on Friday that he ...

Batam's four public health posts closed over COVID-19 transmission

Four public health service posts (puskesmas) in Batam City, Riau Islands Province, were shut down after several of ...

Minister launches virtual showcase of Indonesian products in Singapore

Trade Minister Agus Suparmanto launched a virtual showcase of Indonesia's products through ...

110 volunteers of COVID-19 vaccine trials in Bandung are healthy

The Indonesian health authority in Bandung City confirmed that 110 volunteers of the phase III clinical trials of the ...