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Indonesia lifts COVID-19 curbs as cases ease

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 30 10:03 PM

Indonesia on Friday removed all remaining domestic Covid-19 restrictions with immediate effect after case numbers in the Southeast Asian nation eased in recent months. Read more »

Indonesia, Malaysia to ease COVID curbs on foreign visitors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 06:15 PM

Indonesia is considering a quarantine waiver for foreign visitors to its holiday island of Bali from next week, officials said on Saturday. Read more »

Indonesia to tighten COVID-19 curbs as infections climb

Reuters
Posted at Feb 07 08:26 PM

JAKARTA - Indonesia will tighten social restrictions in Jakarta and Bali, as well as in two other cities on Java island, in a bid to contain a spike in coronavirus infections, a senior cabinet minister said on Monday. Read more »

Indonesia to reopen areas with high vaccination rates

Reuters
Posted at Oct 25 10:17 AM

Indonesia will gradually reopen parts of the country where COVID-19 vaccination rates are above 70 percent, its President Joko Widodo said. Read more »

Indonesia logs fewest daily COVID-19 cases in over a year

Reuters
Posted at Sep 20 08:35 PM

Indonesia on Monday reported 1,932 new daily coronavirus infections, the lowest since August 2020, data from country's COVID-19 task force showed. Read more »

Indonesian DJ faces pornography charges over COVID-19 bikini protest

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 06 10:23 PM

"Her actions did not heed cultural and religious norms," said Azis Andriansyah, police chief for the Indonesian capital's southern districts. Read more »

COVID-19 surge starting to ease in Indonesia capital, data shows

Kate Lamb and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Reuters
Posted at Jul 27 05:14 PM

JAKARTA - As Indonesia grapples with a devastating wave of coronavirus infections, Jakarta government data shows a fall in cases and easing pressure on hospitals in the capital, even as the situation worsens in other parts of the archipelago. Read more »

Indonesia loosens COVID-19 curbs despite warnings of another wave

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 26 06:46 PM

Small shops, streetside restaurants and some shopping malls reopened in coronavirus-battered Indonesia on Monday after the government loosened a shutdown despite warnings it could unleash another Covid-19 wave. Read more »

COVID-19 sufferers in Indonesian capital rent oxygen cylinders

Adi Kurniawan and Heru Asprihantom, Reuters
Posted at Jul 26 05:49 PM

JAKARTA - Muhammad Ihsan gratefully lugs an oxygen cylinder into a small office in Jakarta's outskirts, lining the breathing equipment up with scores of others against a wall. Read more »

Indonesia, Asia's COVID epicentre, extends curbs by a week

Stanley Widianto and Tabita Diela, Reuters
Posted at Jul 25 09:55 PM

Indonesia extended its COVID-19 restrictions by a week to Aug. 2 to try to curb infections, President Joko Widodo announced on Sunday, after the government said it would add more intensive care units amid a rise in deaths. Read more »

'Don't get sick': Indonesia's poor miss out on COVID-19 care

Kate Lamb, Tom Allard and Stanley Widianto, Reuters
Posted at Jul 19 06:00 PM

In the teeming, impoverished North Jakarta neighborhood of Muara Baru, people have made a grim joke out of the acronym for the Indonesian government's lockdown to combat the coronavirus pandemic: PPKM. Read more »

Trust in Indonesian president's handling of pandemic falls - survey

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 19 05:08 PM

JAKARTA - Trust in Indonesian President Joko Widodo's ability to handle the pandemic has fallen sharply among the public, a survey showed, as authorities struggle to contain a wave of coronavirus infections that has pushed hospitals to breaking point. Read more »

Philippines to export excess oxygen supply to Indonesia amid COVID-19 pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 10:36 PM

MANILA — The Philippines will be exporting its excess oxygen supply to Indonesia to help the neighboring country's fight against its surging COVID-19 cases.   Read more »

Concern grows over Indonesia's regions as Delta variant ravages Java

Stanley Widianto and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Reuters
Posted at Jul 14 06:36 PM

JAKARTA - Concerns are mounting in Indonesia over the ability of its regions to cope with a spike in coronavirus cases, according to its health minister, as the highly transmissible Delta variant spreads quickly across the world's largest archipelago. Read more »

Indonesia reports record COVID-19 cases, orders oxygen supplies

Reuters
Posted at Jul 13 10:54 PM

JAKARTA - Indonesia reported on Tuesday a record increase of coronavirus infections, as authorities unveiled plans to order liquid oxygen and tens of thousands of concentrators from abroad to treat patients suffering from the respiratory disease. Read more »

Indonesia logs record coronavirus deaths

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 07 08:07 PM

Indonesia expanded nationwide restrictions Wednesday as it reported a record number of coronavirus deaths, while Japan scrapped the Olympic torch relay on Tokyo's roads over infection fears.   Read more »

COVID-19 rising among children as Indonesia crisis grows

Kate Lamb, Reuters
Posted at Jun 30 06:50 PM

The number of Indonesian children contracting the coronavirus has almost tripled since May, with infant deaths from COVID-19 rising sharply as the country suffers its most severe wave of infections so far, a senior pediatrician said on Wednesday. Read more »

‘Catastrophe’: Oxygen prices leap in Jakarta, as COVID-19 cases surge

Yuddy Cahya Budiman and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Reuters
Posted at Jun 30 02:52 AM

A new wave of infections fueled by the emergence of highly transmissible virus variants and increased mobility after the Muslim fasting month. Read more »

Emergency tents erected outside Jakarta hospitals as virus cases surge

Stanley Widianto and Fransiska Nangoy, Reuters
Posted at Jun 25 05:54 PM

As more cases of the highly transmissible Delta variant are detected across the archipelago, and with low testing and minimal contact tracing, public health experts have warned that Indonesia could be a risk of suffering the sort of explosion in cases that India recently saw.   Read more »

Indonesia hits 2 million coronavirus cases as crisis deepens

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 21 06:42 PM

Indonesia passed two million coronavirus cases Monday as infection rates soar and hospitals are flooded with new patients, prompting warnings that the Southeast Asian nation's health crisis could spiral out of control. Read more »