President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has praised the use of telemedicine—medical services using electronic communications and software without an in-person visit—to treat patients amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The use of telemedicine is said to minimize health risks among health professionals. “It is a great effort to reduce risks among health professionals,” President Jokowi said on […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo during a Limited Meeting on Evaluation of COVID-19 Handling Task Force on Monday (13/4) in the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, gave a number of directives to his Cabinet. The directives are as follows: First, the President has ordered his Cabinet to expand the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test, especially in the epicenters […]

Given the significant increase and the rapid spread of the COVID-19, including local transmission in the regency of Tangerang, the city of Tangerang, the city of South Tangerang, and Banten province as a whole, the Government has deemed it necessary to impose large-scale social restrictions (locally known as PSBB) in those areas. The move aims […]

Approximately 690,000 protective personal equipment have been distributed to all provinces, regencies, and cities across Indonesia, Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo has announced. “We will increase the number so (we can) provide protective personal equipment at hospitals in the regions. (Providing protective personal equipment) is a fundamental asset and morale […]

Regional governments must complete all requirements needed for submitting the proposal to implement Large-Scale Social Restrictions (locally known as PSBB), according to Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo who is also a chairperson of the COVID-19 Task Force “Several regional governments have submitted proposal for Large-Scale Social Restrictions but they do […]

  Ministry of Transportation has issued Minister of Transportation Regulation Number 18 of 2020 on Transportation Control to Prevent COVID-19 Spread on 9 April 2020. “The regulation has been issued by Ad Interim Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan on 9 April 2020,” Ministry of Transportation Spokesperson Adita Irawati said in Jakarta, Saturday (11/4). In general, Adita […]

The Government has announced it will prepare additional three towers at Wisma Atlet emergency hospital in anticipation of the rising number of COVID-19 patients in Capital Jakarta – the epicenter of the virus outbreak in the country. Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing has previously revamped four towers out of ten towers at Wisma […]

The Special ASEAN Summit and the Special ASEAN Plus Three Summit on COVID-19 are slated to be convened on Tuesday (14/4) through a video conference. The summit is a follow up to the 25th Meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Council by Minister of Foreign Affairs of ASEAN Member Countries through a video conference on Thursday […]

  Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto on 11 April, 2020 issued Minister of Health Decree Number HK.01.07/MENKES/248/2020 on the Declaration of Large-Scale Social Restrictions in the areas of Bogor Regency, Bogor Municipality, Depok Municipality, Bekasi Regency, and Bekasi Municipality, West Java Province to Accelerate the COVID-19 Handling. The Decree is issued due to a […]

As a form of solidarity and partnership to overcome the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Japan and India have agreed to boost cooperation with Indonesia on medicine supply to cure COVID-19 patients. Following up on the directives from Indonesian Foreign Minister, both the Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo and the Indonesian Embassy in New Delhi have coordinated with […]