Data published by the Jakarta administration shows that the Transportation Ministry has 319 confirmed cases as of Wednesday, the highest among other clusters across the capital.

The tower guard and another officer in charge of monitoring CCTVs at the penitentiary’s command center admitted they had been asleep during the incident.

PT MRT Jakarta director William Sabandar said the policy was based on research showing that neoprene masks could not protect people against COVID-19.

An 18-year-old from Tangerang, Banten, has been named a suspect by the Tangerang Police for allegedly vandalizing a mushola (Muslim prayer room).

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has urged stakeholders to prepare for potentially hazardous flooding in the capital as the rainy season approaches.

The Jakarta administration admits that tracing asymptomatic COVID-19 cases is difficult.

The Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) has asked Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to allow restaurants in shopping malls and hotels to provide dine-in services despite the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB).

The Jakarta administration is setting up a 2-hectare plot of land in Rorotan public cemetery in North Jakarta for COVID-19 graves as burial space for victims of the coronavirus in the capital city is running out.

On Saturday, 11 drivers were caught during the police's operation.

The Jakarta administration has set up three new isolation centers for COVID-19 patients as the capital continues to see a surge in new cases.

With traffic, coal-fired power plants and ongoing construction projects continuing to pollute Jakarta’s air, the city administration is seeking new solutions to improve air quality through a recently launched partnership.

The speaker of the Bogor regency council, Rudy Susmasto, has announced on Friday that he will temporarily withdraw from council activities after testing positive for COVID-19.

The suspect reportedly fled to North Sumatra after the alleged victim shared her story on Twitter.

As the Jakarta administration extends large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for another two weeks, Governor Anies Baswedan has claimed that without the policy, the capital city would see 20,000 active COVID-19 cases by November.

Here we go again: The Jakarta administration has extended large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in the capital by two weeks.

The Jakarta Police is set to block websites that offer illegal abortion services and products over public health and safety concerns.

During the PSBB period, the Jakarta administration bans residents from holding public wedding receptions, allowing them only to hold a small ceremony at religious affairs offices (KUA) or civil registry offices.

A medical worker accused of sexual misconduct and extortion by a person who underwent a rapid COVID-19 test at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, has disappeared after being named a suspect.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has said that air pollution is a significant health issue in the capital, causing more than 5 million illnesses a year.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has called on the city’s Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) to warn the public about the potential of a flood at least one day before the flood occurs.

More than a year after Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan promised to take over the management of the capital's tap water supply from private operators, residents and civil society groups are demanding transparency in the handover process.

The Bekasi COVID-19 task force has reported that 869 factory workers have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the outbreak.

The government will rent the entire 30 buildings as self-isolation centers so that there will not be regular guests checking-in at the hotels, PHRI Jakarta chapter chairman Krisnadi said.

Cai Changpan, a 53-year-old drug convict on death row who recently escaped from the Tangerang penitentiary in Banten, West Java, dug the tunnel that he used to escape the facility over the course of six months using stolen construction tools, the Jakarta Police said on Tuesday

Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base base spokesperson Maj. Rizwar confirmed that TNT had indeed exploded twice on the site at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday evening and at 5 a.m. on Monday morning.

The Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) reported that 49 neighborhood units were still inundated by floodwaters as of Tuesday morning.

Jakarta has been the epicentre of the outbreak in Indonesia, where authorities have struggled for months to contain the virus. The country has reported nearly 245,000 cases, including 9,553 deaths, the highest levels in southeast Asia.

Some social media users claimed that the sound – described as resembling distant thunder – was significant enough to have rattled objects in their homes.

The Jakarta administration has temporarily shuttered 37 companies based in the city since full large-scale restrictions (PSBB) were reimposed in the capital earlier this week due to mounting COVID-19 cases.

According to RSPI president director Mohammad Syahril, Hermawan was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday.