#virus variant

Collection of virus variant news, found 39 news.

Ministry to raise global healthcare reform plan in G20 agenda

The Health Ministry's coordinator of health quarantine, Imran Pambudi, stated that health ministries of G20 ...

Businesses welcome annulment of year-end nationwide level 3 PPKM

Indonesia's business actors hailed the government's recent decision to annul the nationwide enforcement of ...

President Jokowi seeking booster vaccination rollout in January 2022

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked his administration to prepare booster vaccinations, which are planned to be ...

VP expects resilient healthcare system in post-pandemic era

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin expects Indonesia's healthcare system to become more resilient after the COVID-19 ...

Prompt vaccinations can reduce chances of virus mutation: Ministry

Spokesperson for COVID-19 vaccinations at the Health Ministry, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, has urged unvaccinated Indonesians ...

Omicron variant spreads quickly, need to up vigilance: expert

As the Omicron or B.1.1.529 coronavirus variant spreads more rapidly, Indonesia must increase vigilance to prevent the ...

Indonesia imposes 7-day quarantine rule for international travelers

Indonesia has extended its COVID-19 quarantine period for international and Indonesian travelers arriving in the ...

Indonesia imposes entry ban to avoid Omicron variant: health ministry

The Indonesian Health Ministry unveiled on Sunday that an entry ban for travelers who live in or have ever visited ...

Increased travel requirements for abroad returnees to fight Delta Plus

The government has tightened travel requirements for people coming from abroad to prevent the entry of a new ...

Public behavior, new variant threat determine third wave: government

Emergence of the third wave of COVID-19 in Indonesia hinges principally on the people's behavior and the threat of ...

MPR Speaker calls attention to COVID uptick in 5 provinces

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo on Monday drew attention to a report indicating a ...

MU variant not as fast as Delta in transmission: virologist

The spread of the MU variant of COVID-19 will not exceed the spread of the Delta variant, virologist from Udayana ...

Questions on health protocols linger as Papua sports week approaches

Several international sports events that were supposed to be hosted in Indonesia this year had to be postponed due to ...

Avoid being picky about brands and get inoculated soon: Expert

Immunization expert, Dr. Elizabeth Jane Soepardi, MPH DSc, urged people to not be picky in selecting vaccine brands and ...

Delta variant was unpredictable: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) admitted that the abrupt surfacing of the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease ...