President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered the National Police Chief General Idham Aziz to strictly maintain the implementation of health protocols during simultaneous regional elections which will take place in December. “The President called on Chief of Police to strictly maintain the health protocol during the implementation of the regional elections. So that the regional […]

The phase 3 clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac and Bio Farma runs smoothly, Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi has said. “The preparation for timely vaccine delivery continues to be carried out on a prudent basis,” the Minister said after attending a virtual Limited Cabinet Meeting on the Report of […]

COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms can recover through a proper handling, Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Reisa Broto Asmoro said. “Provided that there are no more fever and respiratory problems within at least three days, for cases of patients with severe symptoms, patients can be moved to a non-isolation room before being discharged […]

The Government has announced it is currently preparing vaccinations schemes for all Indonesians. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has asserted that the vaccinations provided by the Government will prioritize to be given to medical staff and beneficiaries of Government’s assistances. “President Jokowi ordered to prioritize those working on the front line, such as doctors and those […]

Treating COVID-19 patients must refer to standards set by Ministry of Health, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “This is very important to reduce death rate and to increase recovery rate,” the President said in a limited meeting via a video conference on the Report of COVID-19 Mitigation and National Economic Recovery Committee in Jakarta, […]

Head of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Doni Monardo has announced that Ministry of Health will evaluate the proposed cost estimation of the COVID-19 swab test by the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP). “The BPKP has provided price estimation. For the contractual one, it is Rp439 thousand per specimen, while for the independent one, […]

Isolation beds for COVID-19 patients at Wisma Athlete in Central Jakarta and referral hospitals are still available, Chairperson of COVID-19 Task Force Doni Monardo has announced. According to him, there are 3,546 isolation beds available for COVID-19 patients in total, with 1,040 beds at referral hospitals and 2,506 beds at Wisma Athlete. Other than hospitals, […]

Two atmospheric waves, namely Equatorial Rossby and Madden-Julian Oscillation, are currently occurring in Indonesia, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has confirmed. The Equatorial Rossby is a movement of the air in the atmosphere which propagates westward through Indonesian territory while the Madden-Julian Oscillation is a movement of the air in the atmosphere which […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo spoke via video call with a pulmonary specialist dr. Faisal Rizal Matondang, Sp.P, who is in charge of handling COVID-19 patients at Sulianti Saroso Infectious Diseases Hospital and a COVID-19 survivor. During the conversation via video call uploaded on the Presidential Secretariat YouTube channel, Sunday (27/9), the President expressed his gratitude […]

Doctors, nurses, and medical staff have made hard efforts to take care of COVID-19 patients because they must work in a risk of getting infected, and have no time to meet their families. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo also expressed sympathy for the difficulties they are facing when talking with Sifira Kristingrum, a nurse at Dr. […]