President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that the Indonesian nation and other nations were facing a very tough trial. Millions of people around the world exposed to COVID-19. Jokowi also said world economic growth had slowed down due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic growth of the number of large countries had decreased significantly since the outbreak. “The Parmusi Congress …

West Jakarta Mayor Uus Kuswanto is currently recovering after being infected with Covid-19 at Pertamina Central Hospital, South Jakarta. Uus is one of the Provincial Government of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta officials who is positive for Covid-19. He said he was recovering and had left the treatment room. “Thank God, I am getting better, I have left the …

Citilink Airlines received a sanction from the West Kalimantan Transportation Agency for carrying a passenger who tested positive for COVID-19 on the Jakarta-Pontianak flight route. Citilink is prohibited from carrying passengers from outside the area for 10 days on the Jakarta-Pontianak route from September 19, 2020. The airline has violated article 8 paragraph 5 of Governor Regulation Number 110 of …

Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian decided to postpone the implementation of the Village Head Election (Pilkades) throughout Indonesia. The condition of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country with a high number of cases towards the election process made Tito have to choose this decision. However, this decision is inversely proportional to the government’s stance which insists on continuing the …

On Thursday, September 17, Chairman of the General Election Commission (KPU) Arief Budiman was confirmed positive for COVID-19 after undergoing a PCR or swab test. “On the evening of September 17, we conducted a swab test to be used as a condition for attending a meeting at the Bogor Palace on September 18 with a positive result,” said Arief, Friday, …

National COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson, Wiku Adisasmito, said that in the past week, the death rate from the coronavirus (Covid-19) in Indonesia has increased quite significantly. Wiku Adisasmito said the data had been updated as of August 31, 2020. There are four regions with an increase in the mortality rate of more than 100 percent, such as Central Java, Aceh, …

MANILA – More than 80,000 people in the country has now been positive with the COVID-19, the Department of Health announced on Sunday after 2,110 additional new cases were recorded by the agency. The DOH the positive cases has already reached 80,448. Over 60% or 1,345 of the new cases came from the National Capital Region,  Cebu, on the other …

BUTTERWORTH – Police have arrested thirteen men (including the barber) for defying the movement control order (MCO) after they were caught waiting for a haircut at a barbershop in Butterworth. North Seberang Perai district police chief ACP Noorzainy Mohd Noor said that police received a tip-off that a barber shop was secretly opened and allowed customers to wait for their …

RAPUIR – A central Indian parents has named their twins after the deadly pandemic that continues to grip the world. The baby boy and girl bornamid the current lockdown have been named Corona and Covid by their parents in an effort to put a positive spin on the deadly virus that is now sweeping the globe. “I was blessed with …

The plan to replace the access plan will be carried out by the Bekasi City Government by tightening the movement of people by carrying out the transition. However, the Mayor of Bekasi, Rahmat Effendi, refused to call the lockdown. Rahmat explained, this plan still needed approval from the local leadership meeting (muspida). “If later we have a meeting with the …