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APEC's action plan prioritizes strengthening immunization programs

APEC member economies have developed a comprehensive 10-year strategy to support the region's routine vaccination ...

Kimia Farma slashes price for PCR swab test by half

State-owned pharmaceutical firm PT Kimia Farma Tbk has lowered the price for a PCR swab test to Rp495 thousand, from ...

COVID-19 positivity rate drops below 10% in Jakarta: governor

Governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan has said that the COVID-19 positivity rate in Jakarta, based on PCR testing, ...

Jakarta loses red zone tag as coronavirus cases dive

Hospitals brimming with patients were a common sight in Jakarta a few weeks ago. Not only treatment rooms, ...

President calls for price ceiling of PCR test at Rp550,000

President Joko Widodo has instructed the Health Ministry to set the price ceiling for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ...

Expert outlines three symptoms of Type-2 diabetes

- can help the public seek immediate medical help, an internal medicine specialist has said. "The most easily ...

Indonesia secures 185 million vaccine doses amid scarce supply

The Indonesian government has secured and received a total of 185 million vaccine doses, both in the form of ...

Magelang's all-out COVID-19 suppression efforts aid in PPKM reduction

The Magelang city government, Central Java, has worked incessantly to handle COVID-19 cases due to which their ...

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Double protection for Indonesian frontliners amid COVID-19 spike

The Indonesian government has been working hard to provide all healthcare workers booster shots amid a surge in ...

Ovarian cysts pose risk to women of all ages: Expert

Dr. Syamel M SpOG K.Onk, Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialist and Consultant Oncology at Semen Padang Hospital, ...

Capital market sentiment depends on COVID handling: OJK

Investor sentiment in Indonesia's capital market is still dependent on the government's as well as ...

Evaluate restriction outcomes before relaxation: pulmonologist

The government must thoroughly evaluate the outcomes of activities restrictions before deciding to relax them after the ...

Retno pushes vaccine production diversification to developing nations

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi has called for diversification of vaccine manufacturing to developing ...

Peak of COVID-19 cases in Java-Bali has passed: health minister

Indonesian Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated that the peak in the number of COVID-19 cases in several ...

RI highlights prevalent problem of breast cancer in developing nations

Breast cancer remains a major problem in developing nations following a report of 685 thousand women dying of the ...