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Merah Putih vaccine's preclinical trial phase projected by year-end

The Indonesian government has hinted at the country's indigenous Merah Putih (Red-and-White) vaccine candidate ...

Preclinical testing of Red and White vaccine likely in Nov: Eijkman

- if everything goes well — so that it will be finished at the end of the year, and early in the year of 2021, it ...

Global travel industry embracing autonomous UVD Robots

With the latest forecast by the U.S. Travel Association by Tourism Economics predicting $505 billion in losses ...

Pharmacist Association points to 800 pharmacists exposed to COVID-19

Chairperson of the Advance Pharmacist Division and the Indonesian Pharmacist Association, Prof Dr. Kerry Lestari ...

A quantum leap for disinfection robots globally

The Covid-19 pandemic has permanently increased cleanliness and disinfection requirements on a global scale. In more ...

MUI supports indigenous COVID-19 cure to get distribution permit

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) supports the combinations of drugs against the COVID-19, being developed by ...

Ministry conducts clinical trial for stem cells to treat COVID-19

The Indonesian Ministry of Health conducted a phase one clinical trial of the mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy to ...

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Indigenous vaccine in the making

The world is racing against time for developing a vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which has ...

COVID-19 vaccine to be registered after clinical trials conclude

The COVID-19 vaccine from Sinovac will be registered with the Indonesian Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) on ...

Economic recovery scenario to remain in place until 2021: minister

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, has said the economic recovery scenario prepared by the ...

Government prioritizing speed, safety, precision in COVID-19 vaccine

Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Wiku Adisasmito echoed the government’s aspirations to ...

East Nusa Tenggara lost 22,000 hogs to African swine fever

The African Swine Fever (ASF) has wiped out a hog population of at least 22 thousand in Indonesia’s East Nusa ...

Indonesian quarantine service increases surveillance of swine flu

The Indonesian quarantine and inspection service ramped up its surveillance over the entry and outflows of meat and ...

Precautionary measures increased against swine flu

Indonesia's Health Ministry increased precautionary measures against a possible swine flu threat in future after ...

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 ...