Water pump company KSB Indonesia has revitalized the communal bathing facilities in Jakarta slums, giving residents access to clean water and handwashing facilities, critical for containing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Like the end-of-the-world scenario from Nevil Shute’s On the Beach, a feeling of impending desolation seems to hang over Indonesia as it waits for what experts fear may be a slowly-ticking bomb nearing the point of detonation.
With 893 confirmed infections as of Thursday, government officials and experts have expressed worry that the exodus might trigger an explosion of cases and deaths.
COVID-19 cases remain geographically concentrated in Jakarta (463) and the rest of Java island (246), but the virus has spread to nearly the entire archipelago.
Indonesian stocks rallied more than 10 percent on Thursday following gains in the US market, but analysts warn it may be temporary.
Indonesian central bank governor Perry Warjiyo said the country has no plan to implement capital control measures to stop outflows due to coronavirus fears, saying that its foreign exchange reserve is more than enough.
Turning this emerging model into a confidence building policy package that can be applied more broadly in a future pandemic everywhere from the neighbourhood (Indonesia) to a faltering G7 member (Italy) will require some skilful multilateral institutional work.
It’s just after sunrise here in Bali, and a group of locals are preparing to sail their wooden boats out to a bay off Nusa Lembongan, a small island southeast of the tourism hotspot.
Indonesia has a significant deficit in hospital beds, medical staff and intensive care facilities as health experts warn that it is primed to become a new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, according to data reviewed by Reuters.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo confirmed on Wednesday in that his mother, Sujiatmi Notomiharjo, has died from cancer.
Indonesia recorded 105 new coronavirus cases, resulting in a total of 790 infections in the world’s fourth-most populous nation.
When President Jokowi suggested to stay put at home, I heeded his call.
Last week, the mayor of Ecuador’s largest city ordered the international airport’s runway blocked to prevent a KLM airliner from landing to pick up Dutch tourists stranded by the coronavirus.
To protect the economy from the impacts of COVID-19, the government has decided to speed up the disbursement of funds.
The leader of one of Indonesia’s biggest provinces has set up dedicated services to tackle the spread of the coronavirus, drawing in one of The Australia-Indonesia Centre’s partner Universities.
Indonesia now has a 9.3 per cent death rate from coronavirus — the highest in the world — after the death toll rose by a quarter at the weekend, to 48 out of a total of 514 confirmed cases.
