Indonesia’s Daily Covid-19 Cases Set New Record

Jakarta. Confirmed cases of coronavirus infections in Indonesia soared by 1,624 on Thursday, the highest single-day rise since the outbreak, to take the country’s total to 59,394 in a gloomy start of the month. The new high came a day after daily cases ...

Indonesia Sees Record-Equaling Rise in Covid-19 Cases

Jakarta. Indonesia reported 1,385 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday to equal the highest single-day rise four days ago, taking the country’s total to 57,770. During the 24-hour period, 58 more Covid-19 patients have died, bringing the total death toll to 2, ...

Jakarta Extends ‘Transition Period’ to July 16 before Full Reopening

Jakarta. Governor Anies Baswedan announced on Wednesday the so-called transition period that followed social restriction measures amid the Covid-19 outbreak will be extended to another two weeks as daily infection cases have mostly returned to three-digit ...

Disabled Couple Ride Custom Trike Motorcycle for Their Wedding

Jakarta. Disabled couple Anwar Rahman and Teguh Budi Warni tied the knot amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The wedding took place at the Religious Affairs Office in Cilandak, South Jakarta, on Tuesday. The two lovebirds rode a specially modified bike to the ...

Air Travel Suffers Steepest Fall Due to Pandemic

Jakarta. Air travel business suffered the steepest fall in decades as the Covid-19 pandemic forced flight operators to ground planes amid travel restrictions and lockdown in most countries around the world. The Central Statistics Agency, or BPS, announced ...

Police Ordered to Get Tough on Covid-19 Fund Misuse

Jakarta. President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has told the National Police to 'bite off' any government official with the slightest intent for misusing the Covid-19 fund. Indonesia is still struggling to contain the pandemic, with infection cases growing at the ...

Indonesia Welcomes $38b Factories Relocation From China to C. Java

Batang, Central Java. Seven companies from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States set to begin plant construction at Batang industrial estate in Central Java with a total investment of $850 million, as Indonesia finally reap some benefit from ...

Majority of Indonesia’s Covid-19 Cases Occur in June 

Jakarta. Indonesia has registered nearly 30,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus infections throughout the month, which becomes the toughest period in the country’s struggle to contain the outbreak. The number of cases has jumped by 82.94 percent to 29,914 ...

Superspreaders Dictate Covid-19's Transmission in Indonesia

Jakarta. A recent paper by Indonesian scientists has pointed to the oversized role of a few highly contagious individuals in the Covid-19's transmission in the country, partly explaining how the world's fourth most populous country fared better than its ...

Former Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi Jailed for Graft

Jakarta. Former Youth and Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi was found guilty of corruption on Monday and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. The judge panel at the Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court also ordered Imam to repay Rp 18 billion ($1.3 million) in ...