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Zone-based vaccine program to focus on high-risk clusters: ministry

The Indonesian Health Ministry disclosed that the spatial clustering of COVID-19 vaccination that President Joko Widodo ...

COVID-19: Police prepare 13,500 vaccinators, 40,336 contact-tracers

Indonesia’s National Police is preparing 13,500 personnel from its health service division as vaccinators and ...

SOE ministry donates one million masks to combat COVID-19

The Foundation of State-Owned Enterprises Ministry for Indonesia has provided one million face masks for residents in ...

Indonesia's COVID-19 tally reaches 1,174,779

The Indonesian government's COVID-19 Task Force reported 8,700 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, which took ...

Health ministry, TNI, and police collaborate to thwart infection rate

The Health Ministry demonstrated commitment to reducing the spike in COVID-19 infection rate by collaborating with the ...

MIKTA should call for equitable vaccine access for all: Marsudi

- to call for equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccine for all. "The year 2021 will be yet another year full of ...

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Eye on human capital, Indonesia ramps up fight against stunting

The Joko Widodo administration has set human resource development as its priority program for the second presidential ...

BKKBN appointed to lead endeavors to prevent stunting: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has tasked the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) with handling the ...

Vaccine volunteer coalition set up by IDI ready to get COVID vaccine

A coalition of vaccine volunteers called Kawan Vaksin, which was set up by the Indonesian Doctors' Association ...

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Pesantren emerge as lynchpin of economic empowerment

Islamic boarding schools, or pesantren, have not only managed to survive in Indonesia since colonial times, but have ...

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Indonesian Muslims defend Prophet Muhammad's honor and dignity

Several hundred Muslims from the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and 212 Alumni Brotherhood (PA 212) flocked to Thamrin ...

Indonesia's outspoken lawmaker joins calls for boycotting French goods

Indonesia's former House of Representatives (DPR) speaker, Fadli Zon, joined calls to boycott French goods in ...

Indonesia denounces French president's remarks on Islam

The Indonesian government has denounced French President Emmanuel Macron’s remarks on Islam and support for ...

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Papuans split over status quo on autonomy

Over the past few months, several sections of communities in the Indonesian province of Papua have been deliberating ...

Struggle of batik surviving the pandemic

Commemorating special days this year does feel a little different from the normal days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...