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1,000 police personnels take rapid test after guarding rallies

About one thousand police personnel underwent rapid tests for COVID-19 after guarding rallies against the job creation law at the House of Representatives and People’s Consultative Assembly ...

Indonesia orders 50 million doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine

Indonesia has placed an order for 50 million of the 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine that British pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca PLC has committed to supply to the country. “The ...

Indonesia secures vaccine supply for 135 million people until 2021, minister

The Indonesian government has secured the procurement of the COVID-19 vaccine for 135 million citizens until 2021, a minister revealed. "In the planning for 2021, a total of around 270 million ...

4,233 hotel rooms readied for COVID-19 patients

The Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry has readied 4,233 hotel rooms to accommodate asymptomatic COVID-19 patients and healthcare workers, under a Hospitality Industry Reactivation Program ...

34 demonstrators found reactive to COVID-19 in Jakarta

Police confirmed that 34 demonstrators rejecting the newly endorsed job creation law, Jakarta, Thursday, were found reactive in rapid tests to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and taken to ...

Rally clusters potentially trigger spike in COVID-19 cases

The Indonesian Medical Association’s (IDI’s) mitigation team opined that recent rallies against the job creation law will potentially create new clusters of the novel coronavirus disease ...

Tegal City legislator charged for quarantine law violation over dangdut concert

The police have named Deputy Chief of the Tegal City Legislative Council (DPRD) Wasmad Edi Susilo as a suspect for allegedly hosting a dangdut music concert during the COVID-19 pandemic. Susilo is ...

Regional govt. urged to furnish quarantine center development plans, Luhut

Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan urged regional governments (Pemda) to furnish comprehensive details of their plans to build quarantine centers for ...

Jokowi installs 20 new Indonesian ambassadors

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) here on Monday installed 20 new Indonesian ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to be assigned in Asian, European, African, and American countries. The ...

Airlangga targets Indonesia to receive 290 million vaccines in 2021

Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartarto has outlined a target for Indonesia to receive 290 million COVID-19 vaccines in 2021, of which 30 million are targeted for this ...