Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has appealed to the public who will celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year to celebrate it virtually and in simple ways. “I have talked to Confucian religious leaders and leaders of Indonesians of Chinese descent, expressing my hope that the upcoming Chinese New Year will be celebrated in […]
The Government on Thursday (4/2) carried out mass COVID-19 vaccination program at Gelora Bung Karno Sport Complex in South Jakarta. According to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, who inspected the vaccination, the mass vaccination program aims to speed up the vaccination for health workers so the Government can immediately begin the next batch of the vaccination. […]
In a bid to boost 3T (testing, tracing, and treatment) efforts, the Indonesian Government has launched PeduliLindungi application to help track COVID-19 tracing digitally. “President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will issue a Presidential Instruction on the PeduliLindungi program so that it can be used effectively to digitally monitor those exposed to COVID-19, so that we can […]
In a bid to follow-up on President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s instruction to handle COVID-19 to the lowest administration level, COVID-19 National Working Committee has announced it will coordinate the implementation of COVID-19 Resilient Village Program and Establishment of COVID-19 Resilient Posts at sub-districts, districts, and villages with sub-district and village heads throughout the country. […]
The Indonesian Government announced that it will receive the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine obtained through the Gavi COVAX Facility multilateral cooperation mechanism in Q1 of 2021. On Saturday (30/1), Indonesia received Gavi’s confirmation on the initial vaccine allocation. Based on the letter, in the initial stage, Indonesia will receive 13.7-23.1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine which […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered related stakeholders to accelerate implementation of the public activity restrictions to overcome COVID-19 pandemic. “The President’s directive is to implement the micro-based approach at the local level, starting from the village, hamlet, and neighborhood levels, and to involve the task force from the central Government to the smallest task force […]
Minister of Education and Culture Nadiem Anwar Makarim on Monday (1/2) virtually launched the part seven of “Merdeka Belajar” (Freedom to Learn) program: transformational schools. Nadiem asserted that this program is a catalyst to manifest the visions of Indonesia’s educational reforms which focused on developing students’ learning outcomes holistically to become students who uphold […]
Until Monday (01/02), more than 500,000 medical personnel have received COVID-19 vaccine, Government Spokesperson for COVID-19 Vaccination Siti Nadia Tarmidzi said. “We have successfully vaccinated more than 500,000 medical personnel in Indonesia. This figure shows the extraordinary enthusiasm of health workers to support the vaccination program which also shows their optimism about the safety […]
State-owned Pharmaceutical Company Bio Farma has announced it will start producing the second batch of COVID-9 vaccine on 13 February. “For the second batch, we will begin producing it on 13 February and it is expected to be completed on 20 March 2021,” Spokesperson of COVID-19 Vaccination from Bio Farma Bambang Heriyanto said in a […]
Approximately 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine bulk supply and 1 million doses for overfill or an extra volume from Sinovac has arrived in Indonesia, on Tuesday (2/2). Secretary General of Ministry of Health Oscar Primadi said that the delivery proved the Government’s concrete measure to curb COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure people’s health. In […]
