#testing and tracing

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Evaluate COVID control pattern: MPR Speaker to Health Ministry

Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), Bambang Soesatyo, has urged the Health Ministry to evaluate ...

Arcturus 1.5 times more infectious than Kraken: ministry

The Health Ministry has urged people to remain alert for the Omicron XBB.1.16 sub-variant of COVID-19 or Arcturus as it ...

Six pharma companies produce syrups with unsafe EG/DEG levels: BPOM

The Indonesian Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) found a total of six pharmaceutical companies that produce syrup ...

PeduliLindungi kept 626,000 patients from transmitting coronavirus

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said that the COVID-19 mobile contact tracing application PeduliLindungi has ...

COVID-19: Jakarta boosts surveillance amid endemic transition

The Jakarta Health Office has continued to strengthen surveillance amid the transition to the endemic phase of COVID-19 ...

COVID-19 vaccination must continue despite PPKM revocation: minister

COVID-19 vaccinations must continue despite the revocation of the community activity restrictions (PPKM) policy on ...

Govt focusing on expanding first booster coverage: ministry

The Indonesian government is currently focusing on addressing the low coverage of the third dose or the first booster ...

Govt mapping distribution of variants causing COVID-19

The government is increasing surveillance to detect the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 type coronavirus and its ...

10 contacts of patients infected with XBB variant test negative

Ten people who had close contact with patients infected with the XBB sub-variant of Omicron in Indonesia have tested ...

IDI's Task Force gives suggestions for streamlining pandemic policies

Executive Board of the Indonesian Medical Association's (PB IDI's) COVID-19 Handling Task Force recommended ...

Long-waited Eid al-Fitr mudik relatively safe, smooth this year

Millions of Indonesian Muslims were finally able to resume the tradition of returning to their hometowns or ...

Acute hepatitis cases must invite concern: epidemiologist

The discovery of acute hepatitis infections, whose causes have not been determined yet, must become a cause for concern ...

Minister encourages work from home to prevent COVID-19 transmission

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has appealed to companies to ...

Gov"t extends PPKM outside Java, Bali until May 9

The government has extended public activity restrictions (PPKM) in areas outside Java and Bali until May 9, 2022, ...

Government extends PPKM in regions outside Java-Bali for two weeks

The Indonesian government has decided to extend the implementation of public activity restrictions (PPKM) in regions ...