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Indonesia advancing towards COVID-19 endemic stage

- the only agency authorized to declare a pandemic -- is yet to confirm that the world has entered the COVID-19 endemic ...

PPKM revocation demonstrates successful COVID handling strategy: KSP

Revocation of the public activities restriction (PPKM) policy proves that President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi's) ...

Minister issues regulation on discontinuation of activity restrictions

Home Affairs Minister Muhammad Tito Karnavian issued the Instruction of Home Affairs Minister (Inmendagri) Number 53 of ...

Community immunity at 98.5%: President

President Joko Widodo has said that community immunity against COVID-19 in Indonesia reached 98.5 percent in July ...

Jakartans asked to wear masks while celebrating New Year

Acting governor of Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono has advised the capital city’s residents to continue wearing ...

Decision to end PPKM shows COVID-19 condition under control: Ministry

Spokesperson of the Health Ministry, Mohammad Syahril, stated that the government's decision to end the ...

Jokowi advises people to mask up despite PPKM revocation

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked people to continue wearing masks in crowded and closed spaces even though the ...

Jakarta tightens WGS surveillance to curb Omicron BF.7 transmission

The Jakarta Health Office tightened whole-genome sequencing (WGS) surveillance to suppress the spread of the Omicron ...

COVID-19 case spike not caused by public mobility: minister

The latest spike in COVID-19 cases has not been caused by public mobility, but by the emergence of a new variant of the ...

Two BF.7 patients recover in Jakarta: Health Office

Two patients found infected with the Omicron BF.7 variant in Jakarta on October 24, 2022, and November 1 have recovered ...

Vice president confirms PPKM to certainly be repealed

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin stated that the government would definitely revoke the implementation of community ...

PPKM still ongoing until evaluation concludes: Minister

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto confirmed that the implementation of community ...

Support President's plan to lift PPKM: epidemiologist

An epidemiologist from Gadjah Mada University has expressed support for President Joko Widodo's plan to lift public ...

Over 68 mln Indonesians get first COVID booster

The number of Indonesians receiving the third dose or first booster of the COVID-19 vaccine rose by 41,117 to reach ...

Optimistic of no COVID spike during Christmas holidays: minister

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said he is optimistic that there will be no spike in COVID-19 cases in ...