The Government has announced it will provide 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the US pharmaceutical firm Moderna that arrived in the country on Sunday (11/7) in the form of ready-to-use vaccines for Indonesian people and all health workers. “We plan to give the first and second shots containing a dose of Moderna’s vaccines […]
In a bid to achieve herd immunity, the Indonesian Government, on Sunday (11/7), received 3 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the United States Government, via Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Tangerang, Banten province. “Alhamdulillah, Thank God, today, Indonesia has received 3,000,060 doses of Moderna vaccine. It’s due to the international cooperation of the United States Government […]
The Government Saturday (10/7) announced that this year’s Eid al-Adha (Day of Sacrifice) will fall on Tuesday on 20 July. Minister of Religious Yaqut Cholil Qoumas made the announcement after leading a limited isbat (determination) meeting on the first day of the month of Zulhijjah 1442 Hijri in Jakarta. “The position of hilal (the new […]
The Government has announced that in 20214 it will develop 32 underdeveloped regencies, exceeding the target set in the 2020-2024 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN) at 25 regencies. “We previously aimed to build 25 out of 62 underdeveloped areas in the 2020-2024 RPJMN so by the end of 2024 there are 37 regencies that are […]
In a bid to tackle COVID-19 pandemic following a surge in positive cases in the past days, Indonesia secured assistance from neighboring country Singapore. As many as 200 ventilators, 256 empty oxygen cylinders arrived at Halim Perdanakusuma airport in Jakarta, Friday (09/07/2021). Along with the assistance, 30 of 10,000 oxygen concentrators that Indonesia had purchased […]
The Government has announced it will impose emergency activity restrictions (emergency PPKM) in fiteen regencies/cities outside the islands of Java and Bali. “The policy will apply from 12 to 20 July 2021 and the development in the 15 regencies / cities will be monitored on a daily basis,” Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has announced that Hajj Dormitory Hospital in Pondok Gede sub-district, East Jakarta is ready to operate to treat COVID-19 patients starting Saturday (10/07). “This afternoon, I, together with Minister of Religious Affairs, have witnessed the completion of Hajj Dormitory which will be converted into Hajj Dormitory Hospital for handling COVID-19. I […]
Amid the current pandemic situation, the Government has underscored it will not import rice as national rice supply is adequate, adding that it will also not impose a value-added tax (VAT) over staple food consumed by the public. There is no rice imports and value-added tax on staple food. We must not make farmers worried […]
The Government continues to speed up the integration of public services, one of which is through the establishment of Public Service Malls (MPP) across the country. “Ministry of State Apparatus and Bureaucratic Reform continues to encourage all state agencies to transform public services, one of which is through the MPP,” Minister of State Apparatus and […]
Ministry of Transportation Friday (09/07) issued two circulars aimed at imposing stricter restrictions on public and private transportation during the implementation of emergency activity restrictions (emergency PPKM), especially in agglomeration areas. “Our evaluation on the 5th day of the emergency PPKM implementation shows that mobility reduction in the agglomeration areas, namely in Greater Jakarta, […]
