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Providing vitamin A to children remains important: Pediatrician

A pediatrician at the CiptoMangunkusumo Hospital Dr. Himawan Aulia Rahmanhas reminded the public of the importance of providing vitamin A to children during the pandemic. "Why is ...

Food & beverage highest contributor to industry growth

Food and beverage industry has recorded 38.42 percent contribution to Indonesia's non-oil and gas manufacturing industry growth, the largest contributor in the second quarter of 2021, with its ...

Central Java commences administration of booster vaccine for health workers

The Central Java provincial government began offering booster vaccinations, or the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine injections, to health workers. "The booster vaccination using the Moderna ...

Finance Minister reveals four keys to escape middle-income trap

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has revealed the four keys to pull Indonesia out of the middle-income trap. "Only fewer than 20 countries have managed to escape the middle-income trap. ...

Bali surpasses first dose vaccination target of 70-percent residents, Koster

Bali Governor Wayan Koster claimed that the province had exceeded its target of administering the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 70 percent of the residents. "Bali's population reaches ...

Finance Minister highlights four obstacles to global economic recovery

Indonesian Finance MinisterSri Mulyani Indrawatihas highlighted four risks that could hamper global economic recovery since the first half of 2021. "Even though there was a ...

Bed occupancy rate in Java, Bali declines: Spokeperson

The bed occupancy rate (BOR) in hospitals across Java and Bali Islands has declined on the first day of the extension ofPublic Activity Restrictions (PPKM), Health Ministry spokesperson ...

Close contacts should isolate despite negative COVID-19 test results: Doctor

Pulmonary specialist doctor Nila Kartika Ratna called on the need for close contacts of COVID-19 patients to undergo self-isolation despite the antigen swab test results coming negative. The ...

Solo's vaccination rate reaches 50 percent of targeted 500,000

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikinlauded the Central Java city of Solo's vaccination rate which has reached50 percent of its targeted coverage of 500 thousand ...

Kimia Farma to serve individually-paid vaccination

State-owned pharmaceutical company PT Kimia Farmahas expressed readiness to serve the first stage of GotongRoyong'sindividually-paid vaccination (VGR) in eight clinics in Java ...