Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Task Force Reisa Brotoasmoro has called on the public to no longer have any reservation about the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine that the Government will provide. “The vaccine has gone through a rigorous clinical trial supervised by government-owned authorities and international agencies in the health sector,” she said, Monday […]
Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian has ordered regional heads to anticipate people’s mobility during the next long weekend amid concerns over a potential spike in COVID-19 transmission. For the record, Indonesia will have a five-day holiday from 28 October to 1 November 2020. “Based on our experiences, long weekend usually brought high mobility. People […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ordered to properly prepare COVID-19 vaccination plan, such as the procurement, distribution, and implementation. “Do not rush the incredibly complex processes because it will impact the society’s perception. So, I hope that the vaccine will be properly prepared, regarding public communication, especially those related to halal and haram, prices, quality, as […]
Head of COVID-19 Task Force Doni Monardo has announced that the number of active cases of COVID-19 in Indonesia has dropped significantly. “The percentage of active cases as of 20 September 2020 stood at 23.6 percent and on 18 October or after one month of massive intervention, the figure dropped to 17.69 percent,” said Doni […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered Government apparatus to take anticipatory measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during the upcoming public holidays at the end of October. “We had an experience with public holidays one and a half months ago, after which there was a relatively high increase (in COVID-19 cases). We need to […]
Special Staffer to the President Billy Mambrasar represents Indonesia at the 2020 Y20 Youth Summit held on 15 to 18 October 2020, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The summit is a youth forum aimed at providing recommendations for policy formulation to leaders of the G20 countries. In a written statement released on Saturday (17/10), Billy said […]
Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture as the leading Government agency to handle stunting cases has announced measures to reduce stunting cases in Southwest Sumba District in the eastern Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. For the record, the district is listed in the 100 priority districts for handling stunting as babies and toddlers […]
The current La Nina phenomenon that occurred in the Pacific is predicted to cause an increase in accumulated precipitation in Indonesia by 20-40%, Head of the BMKG (Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency) Dwikorita Karnawati said. A release by the BMKG, Saturday (17/10), stated that La Nina which occurs in the early rainy season has […]
The Government is preparing the vaccination of COVID-19 including the procurement of locally-developed COVID-19 vaccine “Merah Putih” and other COVID-19 vaccine developed under cooperation with other countries. Vice President Ma’ruf Amin said that the Government has been involving the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) in facing the pandemic. The council’s fatwas are used as a guidance […]
The Government continues to make fiscal and monetary policies as well as other policies to restore the national economy during COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said. “We are aware that we need extraordinary measures such as fiscal deficit and monetary policies. But we must not rely solely on the two instruments, […]
