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Government ensures migrant workers return to their hometowns safely

The government would facilitate Indonesian migrant workers to return to the country in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic ...

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Balanced approach needed to battle twin health and economic crises

As its coronavirus case count crosses 50 thousand, Indonesia, which has been battling the COVID-19 pandemic since March ...

C Kalimantan residents warned of importance of rapid test results

Central Kalimantan’s residents are banned from travelling if results of their rapid tests are reactive and should ...

Riau's businessmen, residents warned for flouting COVID-19 protocols

Some 40 businesspersons and residents in Pekanbaru, Riau Province’s capital, received warning letters from the ...

Malaysia repatriates 2,500 undocumented Indonesian workers under MCO

The Malaysian government repatriated 2,500 undocumented Indonesian migrant workers as part of the enforcement of its ...

Jakarta registers 195 fresh COVID-19 cases on Thursday

The Jakarta provincial government recorded 195 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Thursday, ...

President urges task force to send masks to East Java

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) called on the health minister and Task Force for the Acceleration of COVID-19 Handling ...

President pushes for integrated handling of COVID-19 in East Java

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) threw his weight behind adopting an integrated approach to handle the novel coronavirus ...

Favipiravir shown effective to treat Covid-19 patients

Beijing (ANTARA) Favipiravir is a broad-spectrum antiviral agent that inhibits the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of RNA ...

Bappenas endorses budget planning to lower impacts of COVID-19

The Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency (PPN/Bappenas) has encouraged local ...

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Wuhan to Natuna: Journalists' take on covering repatriated Indonesians

A few short weeks before the President Joko Widodo announced the first COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia, the public had ...

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Covering a COVID-19 burial: The photojournalists' stories

In mid-March, weeks after the first two cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported in Indonesia, the ...

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Reporting on COVID-19 mass quarantine 500 meters from Sebaru Kecil

"A day prior to our trip, I conducted an internet research, but Google threw little information on this remote, ...

Govt officially promulgates health protocols for tourism sector

The Indonesian government, through a resolution issued by the Ministry of Health, has officially enforced health ...

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Varsities join push for self-sufficiency in COVID-19 fight

Several leading universities in Indonesia have joined the nation’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic and ...