Ex-minister Gets 12 Years for COVID-19 Aid CorruptionIndonesia ExpatAugust 23, 2021August 23, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatAugust 23, 2021August 23, 202101165 Former social affairs minister Juliari Batubara has been sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined Rp500 million for receiving...
Killing Corona Madura Style, Or How the Island Approaches the PandemicIndonesia ExpatAugust 2, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatAugust 2, 202101043 A viral thread on Twitter written by Firman Syah Ali, @Antonius061, has captured the condition of residents in Madura facing...
Sumatran Tigers in Ragunan Exposed to COVID-19Indonesia ExpatAugust 2, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatAugust 2, 202101031 Two Sumatran tigers at the Ragunan Wildlife Park (TMR), named Tino and Hari, have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 on...
Ivermectin not Licensed to Treat COVID-19 in IndonesiaIndonesia ExpatJuly 3, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatJuly 3, 2021July 9, 202101717 Ivermectin in Indonesia Ivermectin is claimed to be a drug capable of treating COVID-19. Report from Mexican media El Financiero...
Health Minister: Oxygen for COVID-19 Patients is SufficientIndonesia ExpatJune 25, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatJune 25, 2021July 9, 20210650 Questions are being raised about the oxygen supply for COVID-19 patients in some areas. This lack of oxygen supply had...
US Researchers Claim Higher COVID-19 Deaths in IndonesiaIndonesia ExpatMay 24, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatMay 24, 2021July 9, 202101121 The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) predicts that the number of Indonesians dying due to COVID -19 is...
Health Minister: India and South Africa Coronavirus Variants DetectedIndonesia ExpatMay 3, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatMay 3, 2021July 9, 20210774 Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has stated that currently, the Indian and South African mutations of COVID-19 are present in...
Tanah Abang Market At Nearly Double CapacityIndonesia ExpatMay 2, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatMay 2, 2021July 9, 202101449 Secretary of DKI Jakarta Marullah Matali has said visitor numbers at Tanah Abang Market in Central Jakarta on Saturday 1st...
Yogyakarta Hospitals Pioneering Use of Coconut Oil to Fight COVID-19Indonesia ExpatApril 17, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatApril 17, 2021July 9, 202101381 Four hospitals in Yogyakarta are conducting research into the healing potential of virgin coconut oil (VCO) for COVID-19. The four...
Homeless Foreigners Increasing in BaliIndonesia ExpatApril 13, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatApril 13, 2021July 9, 202102767 More and more foreigners are stranded and have become homeless as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. After running out...
Enhancing School’s Community Wellbeing in the New NormalIndonesia ExpatApril 5, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatApril 5, 2021July 9, 20210752 Sampoerna Academy provides high-quality education that implements international approaches while still upholding Indonesian values. It is the fastest-growing international school...
Health Ministry to Report to WHO on COVID-19 VariantsIndonesia ExpatMarch 15, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatMarch 15, 2021July 9, 20210647 Director of Direct Contagious Disease Prevention and Control at the Health Ministry, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, said that her team is...
Graduation in the Age of Pandemic: Finding Comfort in UncertaintyMarch 5, 2021July 9, 2021 by March 5, 2021July 9, 20210411 Preparing to graduate high school has found me entering a new world of university applications and trying to find a...
First Case of UK COVID-19 B117 Mutation Found in IndonesiaIndonesia ExpatMarch 2, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatMarch 2, 2021July 9, 20210752 Deputy Minister of Health Dante Saksono Harbuwono has confirmed the first two cases of the mutated version of COVID-19, known...
One Year Since COVID-19 Strikes IndonesiaIndonesia ExpatMarch 2, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatMarch 2, 2021July 9, 20210587 It’s been a year since COVID-19 arrived in Indonesia. It was Monday 2nd March 2020 when President Joko Widodo, together...
Channelling the Power of Hypnosis To Quit SmokingIndonesia ExpatMarch 2, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatMarch 2, 2021July 9, 20210356 One of the ironies facing smokers looking to quit is they hate their habit. It’s true. Roughly 80 per cent,...
The Netherlands to Use Innovative COVID-19 Breath TestIndonesia ExpatFebruary 6, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 6, 2021July 9, 202101159 The Dutch government has begun introducing a new type of COVID-19 test, using a rapid breath test across the country....
DKI Jakarta Deputy Governor Brings up Weekend LockdownIndonesia ExpatFebruary 4, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 4, 2021July 9, 202101122 The DKI Provincial Government is reviewing the option of weekend lockdown to reduce the number of COVID-19 transmissions. According to...
Studies Report Estimated True Active Covid-19 Cases In IndonesiaIndonesia ExpatFebruary 1, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 1, 2021July 9, 202101507 COVID-19 cases in Indonesia have not seen any signs of abating, with the addition of new confirmed cases getting higher....
Indonesia Hits 1 million COVID-19 CasesIndonesia ExpatJanuary 27, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 27, 2021July 9, 20210819 The COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, which has been going on for almost 11 months, has yet to show signs of...
Are We Immune to COVID-19 after Second Dosage is Injected?Indonesia ExpatJanuary 27, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 27, 2021July 9, 20210590 President Joko Widodo received his second vaccine dose on the morning of Wednesday 27th January. The president declared that the...