President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Friday (23/7) made an impromptu visit to a pharmacy in the city of Bogor to monitor the availability of medicines and vitamins’ stock for COVID-19 treatment. During the visit, the President found that stocks of a number of medicines and vitamins are limited, while antiviral drugs such as Oseltamivir and Favipiravir […]
The Government will provide cash transfer for villagers affected by COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Villages, Development of Underdeveloped Regions, and Transmigration Abdul Halim Iskandar has stated. “Any villager affected by [COVID-19] in terms of economic or health condition, must receive the assistance,” Halim said at an online meeting on Accelerated Realization of Social Assistance in […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Friday (23/07) attended the peak event of the 2021 National Children’s Day that was held through video streaming. During the event, the President had a dialogue with several students from Sudimara elementary school in Cilongok subdistrict, Banyumas regency, Central Java province. The President told the children that although the COVID-19 pandemic […]
In a bid to provide quality, affordable, and comfortable public housing for low-income people, the Government has announced it has allocated Rp9.49 billion to West Kalimantan province to build 1,367 subsidized houses in the province. The Government has also announced that in 2021 it will distribute 25.000 units of infrastructure, facilities, and utilities (PSU) for […]
Indonesia received eight million more doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in the form of bulk vaccine on Thursday (22/07). “Today we receive eight million more vaccine doses through the arrival of the 29th batch of Sinovac vaccine. It is part of the Government’s commitment to protect the entire nation of Indonesia from COVID-19,” Minister of […]
Cabinet Secretariat, Thursday (22/07), opened the third batch of Technical Education and Training for Interpreting held virtually. “Amid the pandemic, governance must continue to run and Cabinet Secretary must also conduct its duties and functions as the fostering institution for government functional position of translators, namely by holding technical training for government functional position of […]
In a bid to prevent layoffs due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has decided to continue disbursing wage subsidy for workers/laborers this year. According to Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziyah, this subsidy aims to prevent entrepreneurs from laying off their workers and to give financial support to furloughed workers. “This subsidy is […]
Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian Tuesday (20/7) issued Instruction Number 23 of 2021 on the Extension of the Implementation of Micro-Scale Activity Restrictions (Micro PPKM) and Optimizing COVID-19 Handling Posts at Village and Sub-District Levels to Control the Spread of COVID-19. The instruction takes effect from 21-25 July 2021. The Minister issued the […]
Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian on 20 July 2021 signed Ministerial Instruction Number 22 of 2021 on Level 4 Community Activity Restrictions in the islands of Java and Bali. “We have issued Instruction Number 22 of 2021. The instruction is effective from 21 to 25 July 2021. After that, there will be evaluation,” […]
In a bid to ensure availability of staple food, especially rice during the emergency public activity restrictions (Emergency PPKM), President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo inspected the State Logistics Agency’s (Bulog) warehouse in North Jakarta, on Wednesday (21/07/2021). The Head of State arrived the warehouse at 9.00 am Western Indonesian Time and was accompanied by Bulog President […]
