The Indonesian government as of now is reluctant to implement a total lockdown policy. The reason of the government has not done this, according to member of the COVID-19 Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, is because of the potentially crippling economic impacts that may arise from it. This was stated by him at a press conference at the National Disaster Mitigation …

The victims of the coronavirus in Indonesia continue to grow. As of Tuesday evening, March 17, the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) positive cases has burgeoned to 172. The update was stated by the government’s spokesman for the handling of COVID-19, Achmad Yurianto at a press conference along with the COVID-19 Quick Handling Task Force at the National Disaster Mitigation Agency …

In prevention of coronavirus, East Nusa Tenggara’s (NTT) has decided to temporarily close its border checkpoints with Timor Leste. According to that, the government of Timor Leste has expressed support to this neighbouring country to prevent the spread of the virus. “We strongly support the move as it would protect both the Timor Leste and NTT people from COVID-19 exposure,” …

As many 21 more people have been tested with positive results for Covid-19 disease on Sunday. Therefore, Indonesia government has confirmed this adding the total number of people infected by the novel coronavirus to 117. The spread of the virus to this number happened in just two weeks since the country’s first confirmed the first case in its territory. “Today …

Coronavirus or COvid-19 has become frightening outbreak to the countries in the world, including Indonesia. The Indonesian government announced on Friday, March 13, that four Covid-19 patients have died. Currently the number of confirmed cases in the country jumped to 69, an increase of 35 cases over the last two days. The fatalities include three women and a man aged …