As part of the efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has announced it will enforce stringent health protocol at all entry points for Indonesian citizens returning from abroad. The health protocol to be in force is in accordance with a Circular of Minister of Health, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 27 April, 2020 signed Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 63 of 2020 on Determination of Underdeveloped Regions in 2020-2024. (Link: https://jdih.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/176108/Perpres_Nomor_63_Tahun_2020.pdf) The Regulation aims to implement the provision of Article 6 paragraph (3) of Government Regulation Number 78 of 2014 on the Acceleration of Development of Underdeveloped Regions. The Presidential Regulation […]

The Government has announced that medical devices for rapid diagnostic test kits and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests will be produced after the equipment passes validation and registration tests at Ministry of Health. “We have set a target to produce 50,000 to 100,000 synthetic peptide-based antibodies rapid detection kits by the end of this month,” […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered mass-production of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test kit at the end of May or early June at the latest. “I have received a report from Ministry of Research and Technology stating that they have successfully developed PCR test kit, non PCR diagnostic test, ventilators, and mobile BSL2,” the […]

As part of the national economic recovery measures following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government continues to provide fiscal support to maintain household consumption and to support micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). For that reason, the Government has allocated around Rp65 trillion for 103 million individuals in the form of basic food cards, pre-employment cards, […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered close monitoring of repatriation of Indonesian migrant workers. “I have been informed there are approximately 34,000 Indonesian migrant workers whose contracts expire in May and June,” the President said in his remarks before the Limited Cabinet Meeting, Monday (11/5). According to the President, those migrant workers are from East […]

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Indonesian Government through its representatives abroad continues to communicate with Indonesian citizens regarding their health condition and repatriation. “Embassy’s hotlines have been operational so our representatives abroad will help those in need of assistance,” Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi said after a limited meeting through a video […]

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has announced it will strengthen health sector in the 2021 Government Work Plan (RKP). It also stated that the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak serves as a wake-up call for the state to improve its health system; thus, health sector will become one of the Government’s priorities on the 2021 State […]

  Minister of Religious Affairs Fachrul Razi has called on Muslims to commemorate Nuzulul Quran—the 17th day of the fasting month of Ramadhan— as a momentum to care about each other even more. “Let us commemorate Nuzulul Quran as a moment to affirm our commitment to stay united and to care about each other,” the […]

Village Fund can be utilized for social safety nets in the health sector as well as for economic security, Minister of Villages, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Abdul Halim Iskandar has said. “In the health sector, we formed COVID-19 Village Response, it manages the formation of village volunteers to combat COVID-19 with the spirit of mutual […]