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Indonesia contributes US$15.5 million to Global Fund: Minister

The Indonesian Government contributed US$15.5 million to fund global efforts to combat tuberculosis (TB), human ...

Pneumonia cases in children under five in Surabaya decreased: official

The Surabaya City Health Service reported a decline in pneumonia cases in children under the age of five in 2022 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 ...

Indonesians over 60 prioritized to receive influenza vaccination

The Indonesian Society for Internal Medicine (PAPDI) Adult Immunization Task Force Head Prof. Samsuridjal Djauzi called ...

Pneumonia vaccination to boost children's life expectancy in Indonesia

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that has protracted in Indonesia, pneumonia remains one of the diseases that may ...

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 ...