The Government through Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing continues accelerating the construction of observation/isolation/quarantine facility for contagious diseases mitigation, particularly the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Galang Island, Batam, Riau Islands Province to meet completion target date set by President Joko “Jokowi” which is the end of March 2020. “The construction progress reaches 78 percent […]

Data from the Indonesian Government’s official website for covid-19 showed that as of Thursday (26/3), the number of the country’s confirmed covid-19 cases reached 893 confirmed cases with 78 deaths and 35 recover.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has appealed to the G-20 leaders to join hands to fight against the ongoing covid-19 outbreak and to stimulate the weakening global economy. The President made the statement during the G-20 Summit through a video conference from the Bogor Presidential Palace, West Java Province, Thursday (26/3).

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo joined the Extraordinary Virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit on Thursday (26/3) to discuss the efforts of G20 member countries in the handling of Covid-19. This Extraordinary Summit was initiated by Saudi Arabia as this year’s G20 Chair. The summit began with introductory remarks from King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at 3.00 […]

Ministry of Finance’s Directorate General of Customs and Excise has announced it will provide eases for import of goods needed to tackle covid-19 outbreak. The eases are in the forms of exemption from import duty and excise, not subject to Value Added Tax (PPN) and/or Sales Tax on Luxury Goods (PPnBM), exemption from Import income […]

  In a bid to implement continuous and optimal Bureaucratic Reforms, the Indonesian Government has established the National Bureaucratic Reform Steering Committee and the National Bureaucracy Reform Team for the period 2020-2024. For this reason, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has signed Presidential Decree Number 8 of 2020 on the National Bureaucratic Reform Steering Committee and […]

Indonesian Ministry of Trade has issued Minister of Trade Regulation Number 28 of 2020 on Eighth Amendment to Regulation of Minister of Trade Number 87 M-DAG/PER/10/2015 on Provisions on Importation of Specific Products. The regulation aims to accelerate the importation of medical devices and personal protective equipment amidst the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Government’s spokesperson for covid-19 management Achmad Yurianto said that one of the effective ways to prevent the spread of covid-19 is by washing hands with soap and flowing water. “Wash your hands with soap. You don’t have to use hand sanitizer. Washing hands with soap is more effective than washing hands with hand sanitizer,” Yuranto […]

In a bid to control domestic food supply amidst the coronavirus pandemic, the Government is committed to managing the stability of staple food supply and their prices.

Sudjiatmi Notomihardjo, the mother of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, has died from cancer in Solo, Central Java province, Wednesday (25/3). She was 77.