Indonesia reported on Tuesday 2,069 confirmed coronavirus deaths, an all-time high of daily deaths, data from the national COVID-19 task force showed.

Stories of self-isolating COVID-19 patients dying at home are becoming increasingly common, as Indonesia’s healthcare system buckles under the pressure of the contagious Delta variant.

The government has urged people to self-isolate or await treatment at its purpose-built isolation centers amid the high number of COVID-19 deaths recorded among nonhospitalized patients.

Thousands of foreigners left Indonesia in the first three weeks of July amid the ongoing multi-tiered public activity restrictions (PPKM) aimed at curbing the spread of the more transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19.

The government is aiming for the forestry and land use sector to be not only carbon neutral but also a carbon sink by 2030 as part of a greater emissions reduction strategy. But environmentalists are skeptical

The recent assault on a person with COVID-19 in North Sumatra is a case study of the prevailing social stigma in the country against people who have contracted the virus

They will include vaccines from Sinovac, Moderna and Pfizer, he said, quoted by Reuters.

Ihsan has taken advantage of a new rental service, established by volunteers in response to the coronavirus outbreak ravaging the Indonesian capital, borrowing the cylinder to give his infected mother some much-needed oxygen.

Indonesia is scrambling to restore its sizeable mangrove forest loss, with the national Peatland and Mangrove Restoration Agency (BRGM) tasked with accelerating the process over the next four years, as the consequences of mangrove deforestation have been increasingly alarming.   

The government announced on Sunday that it would relax some of the provisions of the ongoing multi-tiered public activity restrictions (PPKM) to support small businesses that had been suffering under the policy, while also promising to improve its testing, tracing and treatment capability going forward.

The resort island along with the main island of Java and 15 other regions are under tight coronavirus restrictions, due to expire on Sunday. The government is debating whether to extend them or not.

Independent data initiative LaporCOVID-19 has reported that at least 2,641 COVID-19 patients in Indonesia have died in self-isolation or while awaiting emergency care during the pandemic’s second wave.

Police set out barbed wire and concrete barricades around the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta on Saturday in an effort to tighten security after calls for an antigovernment march spread among the public.

In the second year of the pandemic, efforts to fulfill children’s rights must be a priority and the government response must be child-friendly, nongovernmental child organization Save the Children's Indonesia office said, as the country celebrates National Children’s Day on Friday.

Indonesians are now paying the price for littering social media and instant messaging platforms with rumors, misinformation and hoaxes, as the phenomenon has started to claim real lives.

An Indonesian Ombudsman investigation has found that the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) controversial employment test, which resulted in the dismissal of dozens of workers and top investigators, was "heavily ridden" with a series of maladministration.

Health and education are of paramount importance for children as they are expected to spearhead the nation’s progress in the future.

Some regions outside Java are pleading for the central government’s help as hospitals fill up with patients amid medical oxygen and vaccine supply shortages, sparking fears the crisis on Java will also occur on other islands.

University of Indonesia (UI) rector Ari Kuncoro has stepped down from his role at state-owned lender Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) following concern about recent changes in a university statute that legalized his dual role, despite potential conflicts of interest.

In announcing its decision to extend emergency curbs until the end of this week, the government has ditched its previous naming convention for a four-tier community activity restrictions (PPKM) system, officials have said.

Indonesia has become one of the epicentres of the global pandemic in recent weeks, with positive COVID-19 cases leaping fivefold in the past five weeks. This week, daily deaths hit record highs over 1,300, among the highest tolls in the world.

The bed occupancy rate at some hospitals in Papua province had reached 100 percent, with emergency units and tents being used to treat COVID-19 patients, Aaron Rumainum, head of the Papua health agency’s disease control and prevention unit, said.

A number of regions will be eligible to ease restrictions if they show improvements in COVID-19 case numbers as well as the transmission rate and the “psychological state of the people”.

Satgas COVID-19 also reported 33,772 new cases, taking Indonesia's total coronavirus caseload to nearly 3 million, with 77,000 deaths. Indonesia is currently grappling with the worst coronavirus outbreak in Asia.

Millions of Muslims in Indonesia celebrated Idul Adha (Day of Sacrifice), which fell on Tuesday this year, under the government-imposed restrictions that dampened the day’s festivities. However, the curbs did not lessen the spirit of self-sacrifice that characterized the Islamic holy day.

The government has announced that it would ease the emergency public activity restrictions (PPKM Darurat) next week if COVID-19 cases across the country continued to decline, although experts are not convinced that this would occur any time soon.

Seventy-six percent of respondents to a recent survey said they would be unwilling to pay for a COVID-19 vaccine.

Around 41.3 million people have received their first dose as of Saturday, while 16.2 million people have been fully vaccinated.

A large number of congregants prayed outside mosques and slaughtered goats to commemorate a sombre Idul Adha festival despite efforts to stop mass gatherings as coronavirus deaths skyrocket.

The number of new infections on Monday was 34,257, the data showed, the lowest daily number since July 6. It has recorded over 2.9 million cases.