Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini on Wednesday (07/07/2021) has announced that each recipient of the Cash Social Assistance (BST) and the Family Hope Program (PKH) will receive an additional 10-kilogram rice assistance. Those social assistances, the Minister added, will be administered to 10 million people across Indonesia. Risma further said that the Integrated Social Welfare […]

Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian has ordered governors, mayor, and regents to speed up distribution of social aids and social safety nets funded by regional budgets following the implementation of emergency public activity restrictions (PPKM Darurat) amid the surge in COVID-19 cases. This order is ratified in the Instruction of Minister of Home Affairs […]

Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries has announced that it will build floating docks to improve inter-island and inter-regional connectivity in five areas in Indonesia, including Probolinggo regency, Tojo Una-Una regency, Bima city, Sinjai Regency, and Indragiri Hilir regency. “The construction of floating docks is the answer to the country’s infrastructure needs in coastal areas, […]

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno L. P. Marsudi and her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov Tuesday (06/07) co-led the Special ASEAN-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held online. Strategic partnership between ASEAN and Russia that entered its 25th anniversary this year was also discussed. During the meeting, Indonesia also pushed for strengthened partnership in the health care sector, especially […]

In an attempt to halt the pace of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has deemed it necessary to reduce people’s mobility by 30 percent, according to Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. “Based on the results of our analysis, we need at least a 30 percent reduction of people’s mobility. I […]

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitanhas ensured that the Government is striving to handle a hike in COVID-19 cases in Indonesia. “We have mustered our strength and resources. We also have simulated worst case scenarios and calculated oxygen and medicine supplies at hospitals if the confirmed cases significantly jump to more […]

The Government has announced it is preparing Hajj’s dormitory in East Jakarta as an emergency hospital to treat COVID-19 patients amid surge in COVID-19 cases in Indonesia. The dorm has 950 beds. “We hope the preparation (of providing beds in the dorm) can be finalized in the next two days so that we can have […]

Following the recent spikes inCOVID-19 cases, Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises has reneweditscommitment to ensure the availability of oxygen in hospitals. “SOEs are moving fast on all fronts. This is mainly to help the availability of oxygen. Several state-owned companies have distributed oxygen to a number of regions inneed of it,” Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Erick […]

The COVID-19 Handling Task Force has unveiled a report stating that as many as twenty out of thirty-four provinces in Indonesia have a lower level of compliance with health protocols compared to the standard set by the task force. “The President has ordered me to publish the results of compliance monitoring regarding self-discipline in wearing […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, on Monday (5/7), inspected the readiness of the Hajj Dormitory in Pondok Gede, East Jakarta. The inspection is carried out in order to anticipate the rising needs for hospital beds to isolate and treat COVID-19 patients. “This evening, I together with Minister of Health and also Minister of Public Works and […]