The COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia that has been under control has improved manufacturing industry performance, marked by the country’s manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) that is in the expansive zone, according to Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. “Indonesia’s manufacturing PMI has experienced faster expansion than [the expansion during] large-scale social […]

Following the inclusion of COVID-19 vaccination coverage since 13 September as an indicator to lower level of Activity Restrictions (PPKM) in Java-Bali during its evaluation process, the rate of vaccination in these regions have significantly improved, especially on vaccination for the elderly, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has said on […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Monday (04/10) stopped by a street vendor’s stall with a banner attached while heading to the corn planting location in Klamesen sub-district, Mariat district, Sorong regency, West Papua. A street vendor unfurled a banner that reads “Welcome Mr. Jokowi. Please, pay attention to us, street vendors” on the side of Basuki […]

The Indonesian Government has announced that it will test the implementation of Level 1 public activity restrictions (PPKM) in Blitar city, East Java province. “[Blitar City] has met the WHO indicator requirements. Its vaccination target for dose one vaccination had reached 70 percent and that aiming at the elderly had reached 60 percent,” Coordinating Minister […]

Budget realization of the National Economic Recovery (PEN) program for social protection cluster until 1 October 2021 reached Rp117.3 trillion, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has announced. “The budget realization of social protection cluster is 62.9 percent [of the ceiling] or Rp117.3 trillion,” said Airlangga in a statement after a limited ,meeting on […]

The Government continues to monitor limited face-to-face learning (PTM) through active surveillance and strict health protocols to prevent new COVID-19 clusters in education units, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said. “We believe that all students in Indonesia must conduct PTM learning immediately to avoid students missing the opportunities to study directly from their […]

The Government has continued to speed up the national vaccination program in order to achieve herd immunity in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. “We exceeded two million jabs per day in September,” Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin said in his press statement after an online limited meeting on public activity restriction (PPKM) evaluation, Monday (04/10). […]

In line with the improvement in COVID-19 situation in Indonesia, the number of regions that implement level 4 activity restrictions (PPKM) continues to decline. “The PPKM outside the islands of Java and Bali is extended for the next two weeks, from 5 to 18 [October]. The number of regions implementing [level 4 PPKM] is six […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has concluded a four-day working visit to provinces of Papua and West Papua and returned to Jakarta on Monday (04/10). The President and his entourage arrived at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base, Jakarta, at 15.20 Western Indonesia Time, after departing from Domine Eduard Osok International Airport, Sorong city, at 14.00 Eastern […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Monday (04/10) expressed optimism that the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua will become a major producer of agricultural commodities in eastern Indonesia. “West Papua province has a great potential to become a major producer of agricultural commodities in eastern Indonesia. There are even thousand hectares of maize field and seven […]