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High-risk groups to get 5.22 mln remaining COVID vaccines for free

The Ministry of Health has said that 5.22 million COVID-19 vaccine doses are still in stock at the central and regional ...

Health Ministry confirms two JN.1-infected patients in Batam died

The Ministry of Health reported that two COVID-19 patients infected with the Omicron JN.1 and XBB.2.3.10.1 (GE.1) ...

Jakarta readies regional lab for Mpox testing

The provincial government of Jakarta has prepared the Jakarta Regional Health Laboratory to support the implementation ...

Mpox: 14 cases confirmed in Indonesia so far

Director general of disease prevention and control at the Ministry of Health, Maxi Rein Rondonuwu, has said that 14 ...

Indonesia continues Monkeypox prevention efforts

The Jakarta Provincial Government and Health Ministry continue to make detection and prevention efforts to halt ...

Long-term COVID mitigation in endemic era

On June 21, 2023, Indonesia finally entered the COVID-19 endemic phase after three years of battling the ...

EG.2, EG.5 account for 40% COVID cases: ministry

Two new coronavirus subvariants, EG.2 and EG.5, are responsible for nearly half the current COVID-19 cases in ...

BRIN focusing on genomic research to mitigate future pandemics

The Eijkman Molecular Biology Research Center of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) is currently ...

Evaluate COVID control pattern: MPR Speaker to Health Ministry

Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), Bambang Soesatyo, has urged the Health Ministry to evaluate ...

Lampung monitoring exodus posts to curb COVID spread

Head of the Health Office of Lampung Reihana has said that her office will continue surveillance activities at Eid ...

WGS still helpful in monitoring Arcturus and other variants: Expert

Whole genome sequencing (WGS) is still useful for monitoring XBB.1.16, or the Arcturus variant, along with other ...

Genomic surveillance increased to curb Arcturus spread: ministry

Genomic surveillance has been increased in all regions to monitor the Arcturus or XBB.1.16, a new variant of COVID-19, ...

President Jokowi hands out COVID-19 handling awards

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has presented awards to several parties for their support during the enforcement of ...

Number of Kraken cases reaches 3

The number of patients detected with the Omicron XBB 1.5 sub-variant or Kraken has reached three so far, including a ...

One more Kraken case detected, patient had received booster: Ministry

The Health Ministry has confirmed that a South Tangerang resident, who received the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, ...