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COVID-19: 103 patients recover; case count mounts to 1,677

As many as 103 coronavirus patients have recovered in Indonesia as of Wednesday, while the total number of infections ...

Jokowi urges regional heads to tighten entry of Jabodetabek travelers

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has brought to the urgent attention of regional heads to further tighten the entry of ...

Indonesia records 1,285 cases, 114 death toll from COVID-19

The number of COVID-19 positive cases in Indonesia has continued to increase and reached 1,285 as of Sunday, with 64 ...

COVID-19 case count in Indonesia touches 1,155

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Indonesia rose by 109 to reach 1,155 as of Saturday, with 59 patients ...

Basarnas confirms eight untraceable while fishing in Manokwari waters

The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) Office in Manokwari received a report of eight people having gone ...

TNI distributes over 150,000 pieces of protective gear in provinces

The National Military Force (TNI) has distributed 151,000 pieces of protective equipment out of 170,000 in the national ...

Whale stranded in Raja Ampat dies

A whale -- measuring 12.3 meters in length and with a chest circumference of four meters -- was found stranded in a ...

Panama-flagged vessel under tightened surveillance in N Kalimantan

The Nunukan Seaport authorities have tightened watch on a Panama-flagged vessel currently docking off the port's ...

State-owned hospitals prepare isolation rooms as COVID-19 cases up

State-owned hospitals, under the Indonesian Healthcare Corporation (IHC) Pertamedika, will help the government handle ...

Government to prioritize development in 222 outermost sub-districts

The Indonesian government will prioritize development in 222 sub-districts out of the country's 780 outermost ...

Starbucks to explore green investment in Papua

The American coffee chain company, Starbucks, will begin exploring green investment potential in Papua, Chief of the ...

Japanese suffering symptom of coronavirus treated in Yogyakarta

Dr Sardjito Public Hospital in Yogyakarta treated a Japanese national currently being placed under surveillance in an ...

West Papua takes precautionary measures for Chinese ship's arrival

The Indonesian authorities from immigration and other related agencies in Manokwari, West Papua Province’s ...

MPR speaker backs extension of autonomy funds for Papua, West Papua

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo said he urges the government and House of ...

Two motorists bear brunt of Manokwari's landslide

A landslide that buried Pahlawan Road of Manokwari, the capital of West Papua Province, on Monday, uprooted several ...