The government relaxes mask use and Covid-19 testing regulations for travelers. The Covid-19 pandemic is shifting to endemic status.

The government never seems to learn anything about how to handle the Covid-19 pandemic, now in its third year. There is a lack of consistencies to create policies based on data.

The government claims to be more ready to face threats from the third wave of Covid-19. Public Activity Restrictions (PPKM) regulations are being evaluated.

Covid-19 Omicron variant spreads during in-class learning. Students are believed to have infected the virus to friends and family.

The government finally revoked the Level 3 public activity restrictions for the end of the year. After two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, public policy and communication are still in disarray.

The government is anticipating a rise in the number of Covid-19 cases due to the spread of the Omicron variant in 57 countries. Flights are canceled and quarantine regulations tightened. Rules on public activities during the holidays have changed.

Classroom teaching resumes on a limited scale at the beginning of August. Detailed guidelines for mitigation are needed to ensure that schools do not become new clusters for the spread of Covid-19.

Epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia’s Public Heath Faculty Iwan Ariawan says that the Level 1-4 public activity restrictions (PPKM) have been proven effective in slowing down the speed of Covid-19 transmission. Iwan who follows weekly virtual meetings with Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin and Maritime Affairs and Investment Coordinating Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan says that with increased testing and contact tracing ratios coupled with the second phase vaccination, the government hopes to rein in the pandemic in October or November.

Wholesalers are optimizing sales via online marketplaces as the retail industry gasps for air amid the emergency public activity restrictions. Meanwhile, small ones can only wait as their clocks tick.

The pandemic causes millions of Indonesians to cascade into poverty. More are mere inches away from stepping into the same abyss.

Readers write letters on how to obtain electronic KTP or e-KTP, AirAsia’s ticket refund, to questioning the emergency PPKM policy in the Covid-19 pandemic period.

Covid-19 cases spike in villages goes on undetected. People suspected to have contracted the virus chose not to take swab tests. Local governments are scrambling to trace them, while residents of customary villages prefer not to rely on the government.

How to renew a citizen’s identity card that is lost with no residential registration data?

The government hesitated to extend the emergency public activity restrictions. The State Intelligence Agency estimates public anxiety is increasing.

The impact of the public activity restrictions (PPKM) slashes people’s income and economy, particularly those working during the curfew.

The effectiveness of stricter micro public activity restrictions is in doubt. There is belief that such restrictions may paralyze the health care system.xs

The government extends public activity restrictions (PPKM). Business owners lobby for the PPKM not to be extended.