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Indonesia accelerates vaccination drive to achieve herd immunity

Indonesia has seen a continuous decline in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases lately thanks to the enforcement of ...

Second scenario for herd immunity

As it enters its eighth month, the COVID-19 vaccination program in Indonesia has continued the tough fight against the ...

Health Ministry asks 6 provinces to stay alert for Delta variant

The Health Ministry has asked six Indonesian provinces to remain alert for the Delta variant of the coronavirus while, ...

Health Minister reveals strategies to coexist with coronavirus

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has revealed three strategies for coexisting with the coronavirus, which aim to ...

President to relax activity restrictions in stages

President Joko Widodo said the government will loosen the enforcement of public activity restrictions (PPKM) in ...

Reduction in PCR price supports national economic recovery: researcher

Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS) researcher Andree Surianta opined that reducing the price of PCR tests will ...

Health Ministry urges ten provinces to increase COVID-19 testing

Spokesperson for the COVID-19 vaccination program of the Health Ministry, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, has urged ten Indonesian ...

Realization of COVID-19 economic recovery budget reached 43 percent

Some Rp320.35 trillion (US$23 billion) of the national economic recovery budget, or 43 percent of the budgeted Rp744.77 ...

Health ministry to focus on controlling COVID transmission in 2022

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said he will focus on controlling the COVID-19 transmission rate in 2022 by ...

Tightening health protocols key to reduce COVID cases: expert

It is vital to tighten the implementation of the health protocols to reduce COVID-19 cases and flatten the nation's ...

Legislator reminds public to stay alert amid pandemic

House of Representatives' member Nurhadi reminded the public to not be careless during the public activity ...

Govt urged to consider COVID data while deciding on PPKM enforcement

The Indonesian Government must consider the death rate and data on coronavirus transmission and public health ...

Evaluate restriction outcomes before relaxation: pulmonologist

The government must thoroughly evaluate the outcomes of activities restrictions before deciding to relax them after the ...

UI epidemiologist backs government's decision to extend PPKM

Epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia Iwan Ariawan opined that the government's decision to extend the ...

Delta variant spreads almost evenly throughout Indonesia : Official

A specimen study has shown that the highly-contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus has spread almost evenly ...