Indonesia announced a raft of measures, including the disbursement of 10.3 trillion rupiah (S$1 billion), to help domestic businesses and consumers counter the economic impact of the coronavirus.
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Agus is among thousands of fishermen who have had to stop working as an outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease grips China, the largest market for Indonesian shrimp exports.
In just three weeks, the team of researchers has created their first vaccine candidate in the laboratory and will move immediately into further development before formal pre-clinical testing.
Indonesia is backing calls for a coordinated global response to the coronavirus outbreak, warning that the authorities may be underestimating its impact on trade and economic growth.
Southeast Asia’s top diplomats praised China’s handling of the virus outbreak and pledged Thursday to help fight the disease that emerged in a central Chinese city and spread in the region.
Authorities in Indonesia have launched an investigation following the discovery of radioactive contamination in an empty lot in a housing complex near a nuclear research facility.
Indonesia will hold the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification this week despite a concern over the threat of COVID-19, the disease resulting from the novel coronavirus.
A surfeit of disinformation is hampering public health efforts to contain and counter the coronavirus disease before it turns into a fully-fledged global pandemic.
Three of 78 Indonesian crew members on board a cruise ship anchored off the coast of Japan’s Yokohama have tested positive for the coronavirus, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said.
The government has confirmed that 362 Indonesians working as crew members aboard the MS Westerdam cruise ship docked in Cambodia are in a healthy condition.
“We owe it to God,” said Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto, a military doctor and radiologist whose expertise does not include pandemic viruses. “It’s because of our prayers.”
Indonesia’s nuclear authorities said on Monday (Feb 17) they would investigate the radioactive contamination of a patch of land in a housing complex outside Jakarta, and called for calm.
Indonesian Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto said yesterday that Singapore is not the “epicentre” of the coronavirus outbreak despite the rise in the number of confirmed cases in the Republic.
The latest coronavirus, COVID-19, has now been detected in more than two dozen countries, but one of Asia’s most populous nations is yet to report a single case.
“The corona virus has been around for a long time, both in humans and animals,” says Prof. Soewarno of the Veterinary Medicine department at Universitas Airlangga.
Indonesia found 54 false information about the virus on the Indonesian websites and social media earlier this month.