Immigration: Entry-Exit Authority Now Under COVID Task Force
The Directorate General of Immigration at the Law and Human Rights Ministry has accepted the decisions about limiting international entry...
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An Expat’s Isolation Experience in Jakarta
Disclaimer: The following is the opinion and experience of one person and doesn’t reflect the views of the Indonesia Expat. ...
Indonesia’s Provinces with Most Poverty Population
The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has recorded that the number of people living in poverty in Indonesia has reached 26.5...
Paxlovid to Arrive in February 2022
Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said that the government has placed an order for a COVID-19 drug, Paxlovid in...
Hong Kong Bans Transit Flights From Indonesia
The Hong Kong authorities have again implemented a ban on arrivals from 150 countries, including Indonesia. The ban prevents people...
Supreme Court Rejects Presidential Regulation on Unvaccinated Sanctions
The Supreme Court has rejected the judicial review of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations that were included in Presidential Regulation number 14...
PPKM Extended, Jakarta Back To Level 2
Jakarta has returned to PPKM level 2, in accordance with the extension of PPKM in Java and Bali from 4-17th...
Local Omicron Transmission Case Detected in Jakarta
The Health Ministry has announced that there has been one new Omicron case from the local transmission, with no history...
Coronavirus Drug Molnupiravir Arriving in Indonesia from January 2022
Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has set a target for Indonesia to start using the coronavirus drug Molnupiravir from January...
Sinovac Vaccine Not Effective to Protect Against Omicron
A study in Hong Kong has revealed that the vaccine made by China’s Sinovac Biotech failed to provide adequate protection...
Foreigner with South African Coronavirus Variant Dies
The Health Ministry has confirmed that one person who had the coronavirus variant B1351, originating from South Africa, who was...
Goals for Ourselves in the New Year
When the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, many of us grab our journals or mentally note the resolutions...
Mandatory PCR Tests for Travels Entering and Exiting Indonesia
Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi has said that passengers travelling to or from overseas must carry out a polymerase...
Indonesia Readying to Produce Ventilators this Month
Deputy Minister of BUMN I Budi Gunadi Sadikin has revealed that the state-owned company will soon produce non-invasive ventilators. Production...
567 Indonesians Abroad Positive for COVID-19
The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported that there have been 567 Indonesians that have tested positive for coronavirus...
Police Announce Hotlines and Checkpoints
Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Police has opened telephone hotlines for people who want to report crimes, in an attempt to curb...
Jakarta Government Seeks to Extend Large-Scale Social Restrictions
The provincial government of DKI Jakarta has claimed to have finished evaluating the implementation of the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB)...
How to Make Your Own Personal Protective Equipment
As coronavirus spreads across the globe faster than Bieber-fever, there’s something travelling faster than the virus itself; fear. The Indonesian...
Battling Corona with Computers
During the Great Plague of London back in 1666, a freshly graduated Sir Isaac Newton was locked down in the...
How To Properly Self Isolate During Coronavirus
Self-isolation is our only hope of stopping the spread of COVID-19, at least for now. Health experts are advising people...
Jakarta Produces Less Rubbish During Pandemic
The Environmental Service (DLH) of DKI Jakarta has noted a reduction in rubbish tonnage from Jakarta to TPS Bantargebang. Waste...