#august 2020

Collection of august 2020 news, found 157 news.

Sinovac sends 15 million doses of bulk vaccine to Indonesia

Chinese vaccine manufacturer Sinovac dispatched another 15 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in bulk to Indonesia ...

Jakarta to tighten mobility restrictions on Jan 11-25

The Jakarta provincial government reached a decision to tighten large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) on January ...

Govt to renegotiate 35,000 MW power plant project

The Indonesian government is preparing to renegotiate a 35 thousand-megawatt, or 35 Gigawatt, power plant project which ...

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Indonesia set to commence mass vaccination; Jokowi to get first jab

President Joko Widodo has picked January 14 and January 15, 2021 to launch the initial stage of Indonesia’s mass ...

2020 budget deficit at 6.09 percent of GDP

Indonesia’s budget deficit in the year ending December 31, 2020 reached Rp956.3 trillion, or 6.09 percent of the ...

Some 40 percent of Jakarta's COVID-19 cases are family clusters

Family clusters contributed some 40 percent to the increase in COVID-19 case transmission in Jakarta, Head of Data and ...

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Vaccine availability offers hope amid hike in COVID-19 cases

Some 1.8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses ordered from China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd arrived on Dec 31 at ...

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Vaccine diplomacy: Indonesia aims for national, global access

Indonesia has just received its "year-end present" with an additional 1.8 million doses of Sinovac vaccine ...

Year Ender 2020

Year ender - Indonesia stands firmly behind Blue Helmets

At the end of December, 2020, Indonesia completed its two-year term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations ...

Indonesia recorded drastic rise in COVID-19 cases in Nov-Dec 2020

The number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia during the period from November to December 2020 rose drastically, including ...

Year Ender 2020

Year ender - UNSC stint highlights Indonesia's role as bridge-builder

On December 31 this year, Indonesia will wrap up its stint as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security ...

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Business circle upbeat about COVID-19 vaccine ending uncertainty

The government believes that national economic recovery will principally hinge on the novel coronavirus disease ...

Indonesia advocates global partnership for UN peacekeeping mission

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi is endorsing global partnership to support the UN's increasingly ...

Maintain health protocols despite vaccines availability: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) sought consistent public discipline in applying the 3M health protocols of wearing face ...

COVID-19 pandemic affected 29.12 million from working age population

Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic had affected 29.12 million people from the working ...