President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (4/3) inspected the construction of an emergency hospital to treat COVID-19 patients located in Galang Island, near the industrial town of Batam in Riau Islands province. The construction of the infectious disease observation facilities in the island is divided into a number of zones, including Zone A (Ex-Sinam Renovation) […]

Considering extraordinary widespread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has signed Presidential Decree Number 11 of 2020 on the Declaration of Coronavirus Disease 2019 as Public Health Emergency. The measure needs to be taken since the numbers of infections and death continue to increase in many countries that also affected economic, political, […]

In a bid to anticipate the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak to the economy, the Government through Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing has allocated Rp1.5 trillion of budget for housing subsidy as a fiscal stimulus for 175,000 low-income households through Mortgage Loans (KPR) process. Director General for Infrastructure Financing of Ministry of Public […]

As part of the Government’s measures to maintain public health and to save national economy and its financial system stability amid the COVID-19 outbreak, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has signed Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) on State Financial Policy and Financial System Stability. “The regulation aims to provide legal base for the Government, […]

Head of Covid-19 Handling Task Force Doni Monardo has called on national media to report only positive and reliable news to the public. “Do not report news that are not yet valid. Why? Because it may cause stress and panic, which then leads to the people’s weakening immune system,” Doni said Monday (30/3). Thus, media […]

In a bid to slow down the spread of the coronavirus, the Government has announced it will take medical protocols for Indonesian citizens who arrive at the country’s entry points. According to Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi, the medical protocols that have been applied and will continue to be conducted are as follows: First, […]

The Government has officially declared public health emergency for the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and issued a large scale social distancing policy. “To overcome the impacts of the outbreak, I have decided in a Cabinet Meeting that the option we choose is a large-scale social distancing or PSBB,” President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said in an online […]

As part of the efforts to protect Indonesian citizens abroad amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the Indonesian Government has announced it will repatriate around 11,838 Indonesian ship crew members and 1,145 members of Jama’ah Tabligh congregation. “President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has emphasized the importance of protecting Indonesian citizens abroad and their health amidst the COVID-19 pandemic […]

The Government will carry on evacuation or repatriation of Indonesian citizens for the next batch, according to Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy. “The first step in the repatriation process is verifying the countries where the Indonesian citizens came from,” the Coordinating Minister said in a press statement after joining a Limited […]

The Indonesian Government made its priority to control mobility of people between the regions at home and from overseas, which may pose a risk to bring imported cases, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said during a virtual limited meeting on Tuesday (31/3). Below are the President’s directives during the meeting: First, Indonesian citizens returning from […]