Following the inauguration of the new Governor and Deputy Governor of Central Kalimantan, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo inaugurated Ganip Warsito as Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), at the State Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday (25/5). The inauguration is held based on Presidential Decree (Keppres) Number 79/P of 2021 on the Dismissal and Appointment of […]
The Government has been extending COVID-19 mandatory check at Bakauheni Port, Lampung Province, until 31 May 2021 to control people’s mobility and transmission of COVID-19 after Eid holiday. The policy must be extended since the number of passengers traveling from Sumatra Island to Java Island only reached 59,967 people while the number of passengers entering […]
Head of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Doni Monardo assessed that the cooperation of relevant parties at regional levels has managed to curb the rate of COVID-19 cases through the enforcement of Micro-Scale Public Activity Restrictions (PPKM Mikro) policy and it needs to be maintained. Doni made the statement during press conference after attending a […]
In a bid to accelerate COVID-19 vaccination to achieve herd immunity, the Government continues to boost COVID-19 vaccination. As of 23 May, the Government has announced it has administered 24.81 million doses of vaccine. “We have administered 24.81 million doses of vaccines. 14.93 million doses at the first batch and 9.88 million doses at the […]
The Government has announced it will impose micro-scale activity restrictions (PPKM Mikro) in all provinces next month. “For the next period of micro-scale activity restrictions, starting from 1 June to 14 June, the restrictions will be implemented in four more provinces, namely Gorontalo province, Maluku province, North Maluku province and West Sulawesi province,” Coordinating Minister […]
Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing is set to renovate 1,405 uninhabitable housing units (RTLH) this year in Riau Province through the Independent Housing Stimulus Assistance (BSPS) program. The BSPS, part of the Government’s Cash for Work program, aims to create jobs, reduce unemployment, maintain people’s purchasing power, and improve people’s health by providing […]
The Government has begun rolling out the third phase of national vaccination drive as part of an effort to protect the public from the COVID-19 pandemic. Deputy Minister of Health Dante Saksono Harbuwono said the third phase aims to vaccinate around 181.5 million people in order to achieve herd immunity. “We are starting the third […]
Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi has urged passengers traveling on a ferry from Sumatra Island to Java Island to take a mandatory rapid antigen test. “We call on Lampung Provincial Government and the COVID-19 Task Force in Lampung led by Regional Police Chief (Kapolda) to continually check health documents of each […]
Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms Tjahjo Kumolo suggested the dismissal of State Civil Apparatus (ASN) involved in illegal sale of COVID-19 vaccines in North Sumatra. “These civil servants must receive appropriate punishment if proven guilty. I suggested their dismissal,” the Minister said in Jakarta, Saturday (22/5). The three civil servants have been […]
