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Booster vaccinations for older adults need be expedited: police chief

National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo has asked the Indonesian Military (TNI), the National Police ...

Health Ministry offers hotline for self-isolating patients

The Ministry of Health has provided a standby channel, or hotline, for people undergoing self-isolation due to COVID-19 ...

Infants account for 3% Omicron deaths: ministry

Three percent or 33 of the 1,090 patients who have died of Omicron in Indonesia so far have been infants aged under ...

Involve eminent religious figures in West Papua vaccination: Jokowi

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) pressed for involving esteemed local religious figures in the implementation ...

Manage stress to maintain mental health amid pandemic: Ministry

Alongside maintaining physical health, managing stress to preserve mental health is just as important amid the ...

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Govt bolsters strategies as Omicron wave sweeps Indonesia

Indonesia is currently witnessing the third wave of COVID-19 infections triggered by the Omicron variant, which, though ...

Patient with positive antigen result can access free isolation package

An official from the Health Ministry confirmed that a positive COVID-19 test result based on an antigen rapid test ...

Some 364,850 COVID-19 patients accessed telemedicine services

Some 364,850 COVID-19 patients undergoing self-isolation utilized telemedicine services for health recovery from ...

Omicron positivity rate higher than Delta though BOR lower

The number of positive Omicron cases exceeded the Delta variant, though the bed occupancy rate (BOR) was lower than the ...

Bandung govt prepares integrated isolation center for COVID patients

To anticipate an increase in COVID-19 cases amid Omicron spread, the government of Bandung city, West Java province, ...

Government witnesses rising trend in COVID-19 deaths

An upward trend in COVID-19 deaths was recorded despite the figure still being lower than that during the second ...

Drop-out group must repeat vaccination for stronger antibodies: ITAGI

People who missed out on their second COVID-19 vaccination for over six months had to re-do their vaccination starting ...

Asymptomatic COVID-19 patients urged to be treated at home: minister

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said that he expects COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic or have mild ...

Jakarta continues social assistance for children orphaned by COVID-19

The Jakarta provincial government affirmed that it will continue to provide social assistance of Rp300 thousand in cash ...

4,358 COVID-19 patients being treated at Jakarta's Wisma Atlet

As many as 4,358 COVID-19 patients are undergoing treatment at Wisma Atlet COVID-19 Emergency Hospital in Kemayoran, ...