Despite the government’s attempts to stop people from visiting their hometowns for Idul Fitri, with tens of thousands of vehicles forced to make a U-turn, some travellers have managed to find a way around the mudik (exodus) ban.
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Jakarta is set to start the second phase of its pilot school reopening program in early June, following a three-week trial run involving 85 state and private schools in April that was deemed successful, despite the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the capital.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is unhappy with the growing number of politicians and other prominent figures voicing their support for a homegrown Covid-19 vaccine, which has failed to obtain government approval.
Australian early stage investment vehicle HEAL Partners has made a further play into Indonesian telehealth start-up Halodoc as part of a $US80 Read more
The malaria elimination goal is under threat due to disruptions caused by COVID-19 including a decline in testing and fear among frontline workers providing malaria services to vulnerable communities.
A new milestone in cooperation between the University of Melbourne and Indonesia is being marked with the establishment of PRIME – Partnership Read more
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) estimates that 89 million more people in the region have been pushed back into extreme poverty because of the impact of COVID.
Interviews with 96 female office workers aged between 20 and 50, conducted over June, July and August last year, found the mental burden on working women grew during the pandemic.
Keuskupan Agung Jakarta hingga NU ikut berpartisipasi dalam Sentra Vaksinasi Serviam. Menargetkan vaksinasi 500 orang lansia dan difabel sehari.
Like many Indonesians, Maria Qibti, 32, was unaware of the existence of Article 81 of Law No. 13/2003 on labor, which allows women to take two days of paid leave when they are menstruating.
The Indonesian House of Representatives plans to draft a bill that will criminalise the activities of producing, selling and buying, distributing, drinking and storing alcoholic beverages.
Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono said the recent discovery of the B117 variant in local cases “poses a challenge” after a year of living with the pandemic.
As Indonesia’s Covid-19 case count continues to climb past one million, the government’s disregard of other public health measures in favour of an aggressive mandatory vaccination drive shows a clear neglect of its human rights obligations.
Indonesia has authorised one of the world’s first private vaccination schemes to run alongside its national programme so that companies can buy state-procured vaccines to inoculate their staff in Southeast Asia’s biggest country.
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Vaccinating several billion people across the world is an enormous task and raises a number of important issues, including equitable distribution of the vaccines across and within…
