Indonesia Sets another Record in Daily Number of Coronavirus

Jakarta. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Indonesia has set a new record in the last 24 hours, with 4,176 new cases to take the country’s total to 248,852. It’s only for the second time since the outbreak that daily number of newly cases has ...

Palace Insists on Holding Elections on Schedule Despite Soaring Covid-19 Cases

Jakarta. President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has reiterated the government's insistence on holding regional elections in December, a move that many feared would worsen the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia. The most populous nation in Southeast Asia ...

Religious Affairs Minister Tests Positive for Covid-19

Jakarta. Religious Affairs Minister Fachrul Razi has tested positive for the novel coronavirus last Thursday, becoming the latest member of Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's cabinet who fall ill to the Covid-19. "To date, the minister is in good physical condition. ...

Hospitals Not Ready to Handle Surge in Covid-19 Patients: Task Force

Jakarta. Indonesia would soon run out of hospital beds to handle Covid-19 patients in a severe and critical condition, presenting a disaster to happen should the country fail to rein in the spread of the pandemic in the next few weeks. "The hospitals are ...

Indonesia Reports Longest Run of Three-Digit Daily Covid Deaths

Jakarta. The daily death toll in the Indonesian Covid-19 outbreak has exceeded 100 for seven consecutive days, the longest streak of three-digit deaths as newly cases are surging at an unprecedented rate. Indonesia has recorded a total of 9,553 Covid-19 ...

Indonesia Expands Main Isolation Facility After Daily Covid-19 Cases Pass 4,000

Jakarta. Indonesia is expanding the capacity of its main isolation facility for Covid-19 patients in the capital Jakarta as the number of new cases kept breaking new highs in the past week. The Covid-19 Handling Task Force said in a statement on Sunday ...

Ministries, Gov't Institutions Revealed as Top Covid-19 Clusters in Jakarta

Jakarta. The latest data have revealed that the ministries and government institutions' offices as hot spots for the Covid-19 spread in Jakarta, adding pressure on the government to improve its handling on the pandemic. Thirteen government offices and ...

Indonesia's 'Soft Approach' against Terrorism Vetoed by US, So What's Next?

Indonesia's proposal to promote Prosecution, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (PRR) as part of counter-terrorism program during the Indonesian Presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) was vetoed by the United States. Why was Indonesia so concerned in ...

Blinded by Money: Couple Arrested for Mutilating Man in Jakarta

Jakarta. A couple was recently arrested in Jakarta for ruthlessly murdering and mutilating a man into eleven parts for the sake of money at an apartment, and then hid the body parts at another apartment. On Wednesday, the victim's body parts wrapped in a ...