The Government continues to expand the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country, including through vaccination for children aged 6 – 11 years old. According to the Government, vaccination for children is crucial in the implementation of face-to-face learning (PTM). “The first dose of vaccine given for children have reached 36 percent rate in the […]

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto Monday (01/10) has announced that the people in the island of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara province will be prioritized to receive booster shots after the second dose coverage of 70 percent in the region has met. “We expect the third dose of vaccination can be carried out in […]

On the recent development of COVID-19 in the country, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated that positivity rate for international arrivals is much higher than that of local transmission. “The positivity rate for international arrivals is 13 percent, far above the positivity rate for local transmissions of 0.2 percent. It means that the positivity […]

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan lauded related sides for their support to intensify COVID-19 testing and tracing measures which started to increase significantly in the past week after weeks of slowdown. “This task must be carried on to mitigate risks in handling the pandemic. Allow me to deliver my appreciation […]

The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has officially issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for five types of COVID-19 vaccines to be used as booster shots. “Today, we report there are five vaccines that obtained the EUA. Before the EUA was issued, the BPOM and a team of experts consisting of members from the […]

The Government is committed to continuously improving people’s welfare despite the challenges amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “The pandemic must not stop our efforts to improve the people’s welfare,” the President said in his remarks at the 49th Anniversary of the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) on […]

Position of deputy minister in several ministers does exist institutionally and is prepared to anticipate rapid changes, still it does not mean that the position should always be filled, Minister of State Secretary Pratikno said. “Institutionally, the [position] of deputy minister does exist. Based on its Presidential Regulation, most of ministries have this position. But […]

The Government has announced its decision to revoke thousands of unused mining business licenses (IUP), cultivation rights (HGU), and land use rights (HGB). “The President has ordered [relevant stakeholders] to transfer the rights to cooperatives, regional-owned enterprises, regional and national entrepreneurs who have fulfilled the requirements, and religious organizations,” Minister of Investment / Head of […]

In a bid to prevent the entry of new variants of COVID-19, especially the Omicron variant, the Indonesian National Police (Polri) has launched Precision Quarantine Monitoring app. “The app is our follow-up to President Jokowi’s directives to carry out a stricter supervision, especially for travelers returning from abroad and must undergo a quarantine,” Chief of […]

Indonesia has successfully entered the world’s top five countries with the highest number of vaccinations, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated. Recording vaccination coverage of 166.65 million people, Indonesia ranks the 4th after China, India, the United States, followed by Brazil in the fifth place. “Based on Our World in Data, as of 4 […]