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G20 Indonesia

Health Ministry strengthens health-related aspects for Bali G20 Summit

The Ministry of Health continuously strengthens four health-related aspects for the G20 Summit in Bali scheduled in ...

Caution key for handling COVID case rate dynamics: ministry

Caution is key for Indonesia to deal with the changes in the COVID-19 case rate, Health Ministry spokesperson Mohammad ...

Jokowi urges ministries to intensify promotion of health protocols

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) urged the Onward Indonesia Cabinet ministers and ministerial-level officials to ramp up ...

BA.4, BA.5 make up 81 percent of Indonesia's COVID-19 cases: Minister

Some 81 percent of the COVID-19 cases in Indonesia were of the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, Health Minister Budi ...

Booster shot mandatory for attending crowded events: Hartarto

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has said that it is now mandatory for people ...

Indonesia handles BA.4, BA.5 case surge better than others: Minister

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated that Indonesia is better at handling the spike in cases of BA.4 and BA.5 ...

COVID-19: 50.2 million people receive booster dose

The third or booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine has been provided to 50.2 million Indonesians as of 12 p.m. local ...

Avoid haste in removing masks amid COVID-19 case surge: KSP

Chief of the Presidential Staff Office (KSP) Moeldoko urged people to not be in a hurry to remove their masks, as ...

Government to promote orchid cultivation in underdeveloped regions

Orchid Villages for orchid cultivation will be developed in some underdeveloped regions to expedite economic growth, ...

Indonesia accelerates battle against FMD outbreak in 19 provinces

Indonesia is battling the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak, mostly affecting cows in regions since May 2022, while ...

WHO Director-General praises Widodo over pandemic handling

Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)  Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus  has congratulated ...

COVID-19 has exposed vulnerabilities that need to be fixed: Ombudsman

COVID-19 has not broken down anything, but revealed the vulnerabilities within the country's systems that need to ...

G20 Indonesia

Strengthening global health architecture through G20 forum

Indonesia has chosen global health architecture as one of its key priority issues during this year’s G20 ...

G20 Indonesia

GISAID+ to improve the country's response to pandemic: Ministry

The Indonesian Health Ministry's Secretary-General Kunta Wibawa Dasa Nugraha emphasized the importance of ...

News Focus

Indonesia braces for infection spike as Omicron subvariants emerge

Two Omicron subvariants, which surfaced in early June this year, have threatened the sense of normalcy that had ...