Health protocols, vaccination as well as testing, tracing and treatment measures are pivotal for handling COVID-19 pandemic in the long term, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin has stated. “We have to be more prepared on handling the upstream sector, namely maintaining new habits or health protocols, good testing, tracing, and treatment (3T) measures as […]

Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin on Monday (30/08) has urged the public to remain cautious and vigilant although confirmed COVID-19 cases and hospital bed occupancy rates have declined. “President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo at the Limited Cabinet Meeting ordered the public to remain eling lan waspada (a Javanese philosophy which literally means to always be mindful […]

Twenty regencies/cities in regions outside Java and Bali islands with public activity restrictions (PPKM) Level 4 have seen a flat and even increasing mobility trend based on the temporary assessment of PPKM implementation between 24 and 29 August. Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto made the statement on Monday (30/08). According to the Minister, […]

The Government has announced that the public activity restrictions (PPKM) policy Level 4, 3, and 2 from 23 August to 30 August 2021 has caused a drop in COVID-19 transmission rate so that the development of COVID-19 handling in Indonesia has also shown an improvement. As of today, the national trend of COVID-19 confirmed cases […]

The Government has announced that the public activity restrictions (PPKM) policy in islands of  Java and Bali will be extended to 6 September 2021. Given the improved COVID-19 situation in the country, the Government has also decided to adjust the PPKM level in a number of regions. “Alhamdulillah, because of the hard work of all parties, […]

The Government continues to renew its commitment to roll out social protection program (Perlinsos) for the public during the implementation of public activity restriction (PPKM), according to Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto. “As many as 10 kilograms of rice [per family] has been fully distributed targeting 28.8 million families,” Airlangga said in a […]

Cabinet Secretariat’s Center for Government Translators and Interpreters Development (Pusbinter) holds Competency Test for Indonesian Government Translators and Interpreters (known as “Functional Official of Translators/Interpreters” or PFP).  As many as 22 PFPs from central and regional government institutions take part in the competency test which held online from 30 August to 3 September 2021. “Alhamdulillah, thank God, […]

  President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has issued Presidential Instruction (Inpres) Number 4 of 2021 on Facilitation for the Implementation of the 20th National Games (PON) and the 16th National Para Games (Peparnas) in Papua. Under the Instruction, President Jokowi orders relevant stakeholders to: First, take measures in accordance with their respective duties, functions, and authorities in a […]

Indonesia on Monday (30/08) received another batch of 15.3 million doses of AstraZeneca and Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines. “Thank God, today, on 30 August 2021, we received another batch of  COVID-19 vaccines. There are two types of production that arrived, namely AstraZeneca with 1.086 million doses and Sinovac with 5 million doses. Both are ready-to-use vaccines.  Meanwhile, from Sinovac, there is […]

Minister of Cooperatives and MSMEs Teten Masduki has expressed commitment to continue to strengthen cooperatives as a microcredit alternative for microbusinesses. According to him, it is part of the measures to eradicate loansharking and loans from illegal cooperatives. “We are currently eyeing cooperatives. (They) can be microbusinesses’ partner in financing,” the Minister said, quoted from […]