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Vaccinations for children aged 6--11 to start Tuesday: ministry

COVID-19 vaccinations for 26.8 million Indonesian children in the 6–11 age group will begin on Tuesday, an ...

Health Ministry prioritizes Sinovac for children aged 6-11 in 2022

The Health Ministry will prioritize the use of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine solely for children in the age bracket of ...

Fight against antimicrobial resistance

There is an important takeaway from the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week commemoration in Nusa Dua, Bali province, on ...

Regional govts urged to expedite basic immunization for toddlers

The Ministry of Health has urged local governments to expedite the coverage for basic immunization for toddlers and ...

Jakarta: Kids aged 6--11 to get COVID jab at school

Jakarta will include schools as COVID-19 vaccination sites for children in the 6–11 age group, an official has ...

Parents in Jakarta urged to complete children's basic immunization

The Jakarta Health Office has appealed to parents to complete basic immunizations of their children, especially those ...

Some 807,152 residents of Aceh fully vaccinated against COVID-19

The Aceh Health Office has recorded that as many as 807,152 residents in Aceh Province had received the second dose of ...

Pandemic opportunity to improve global health system: minister

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed over 5 million lives and infected over 250 million people globally, has ...

Low immunization during pandemic triggers outbreak: Health Ministry

Low immunization coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic can potentially cause extraordinary outbreaks (KLB) of several ...

Jakarta awaits ministry policy on vaccinating children aged 6-11

The Jakarta Health Office said it is awaiting the Health Ministry’s decision on vaccinating children aged 6-11 ...

Jakarta pegs vaccination target for children aged 6-11 at 900,000

The Jakarta Health Office has estimated it will need to vaccinate around 900 thousand children aged 6-11 following the ...

Bandung expedites COVID-19 testing to anticipate third wave

 Bandung, the capital of West Java province, is accelerating testing for the public as a precautionary measure ...

Ministry asks ITAGI to find best COVID-19 booster

The Ministry of Health has asked the Indonesian Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (ITAGI) to research the best ...

Jakarta: No COVID-19 cases detected in 610 reopened schools

The Jakarta Education Office has confirmed that no positive COVID-19 cases have been detected in the 610 schools that ...

Govt adopts 4 strategies to meet 2.5-million vaccinations target

The Health Ministry has adopted four strategies to quickly achieve the daily vaccination target of 2.5 million doses in ...