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Government drafts strategies to strengthen COVID-19 handling

The Indonesian government is formulating strategies to strengthen COVID-19 handling, deputy chief of the COVID-19 ...

Health Ministry to send 13,000 Sinovac vaccines to Riau Islands

The Indonesian Ministry of Health is scheduled to dispatch 13 thousand Sinovac vaccines to Riau Islands province on ...

Govt seeks more human rights-friendly cities, districts

The Indonesian government has been striving unceasingly to expand the protection and fulfillment of human rights (HAM) ...

24,000 microbusiness owners in Ambon city to get govt aid

About 24 thousand microbusiness owners in Ambon, the capital of Maluku province, have been verified to receive ...

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Public health efforts, economic recovery hinge on budget utilization

The coronavirus pandemic has delivered the largest economic shock the world has experienced in decades by forcing ...

BNPB urges implementation of health protocols at volcano shelter

Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), Doni Monardo, has asked the authorities to ensure evacuees ...

Indonesia readying for a quantum leap: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo has said the current public health and economic crises are an opportunity for Indonesia to push ...

President Jokowi highlights four focus areas in 2021 State Budget

President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi) emphasized that four areas will be prioritized in the 2021 ...

Government distributes tents, logistics to Mt Merapi evacuees

The Social Affairs Ministry has distributed tents and logistics worth Rp500 million as humanitarian aid for the ...

UNSC should act swiftly to halt violence in Afghanistan: Marsudi

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has sought prompt action from the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to ...

50 villagers residing on slopes of active Mount Merapi evacuated

Some 50 villagers, largely toddlers, pregnant women, and seniors, residing on Mount Merapi’s slopes were ...

Open, predictable trade environment key to food security: APEC

Agriculture and food ministers and senior representatives from APEC’s 21 member economies have pressed for ...

Application of family health protocols key to preventing COVID-19

Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister I Gusti Ayu Bintang Darmawati, better known as Bintang Puspayoga, ...

As asymptomatic cases rise, COVID-19 testing gains traction

In mid-July this year, the COVID-19 Handling Task Force decided to ramp up testing to 30 thousand specimens daily, as ...

VP Amin hopes COVID-19 vaccine would become available mid-2021

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has expressed the hope that a COVID-19 vaccine would become available by mid-2021, or ...