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President Jokowi witnesses vaccination for Jakarta's traders

President Joko Widodo bore witness to the administration of the COVID-19 vaccination to traders in Thamrin City and Grand Indonesia malls here on Monday. "This morning, I saw and reviewed the ...

Indonesia bans flights from India

The Indonesian government has imposed a temporary ban on flights from India, as a precautionary measure against COVID-19 transmission, following a spike in infections in the South Asian ...

Indonesia to receive 10 million doses of Sinovac vaccine this April 2021

Indonesia is scheduled to receive another 10 million doses of Sinovac vaccine in April 2021, according to Dr. Siti Nadia Tarmizi, spokesperson of the Health Ministry's COVID-19 ...

Food estate projects must not contribute to deforestation

The Indonesian government last year started developing a food estate project in Pulang Pisau district, Central Kalimantan province to ensure national food security and resilience amid the COVID-19 ...

AstraZeneca vaccine distribution to resume next week

The Indonesian government will begin distributing AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccines from next week to support the national vaccination program, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has ...

Mt. Merapi belches ash 1.2 km into the sky

Mount Merapi, which straddles Central Java and Yogyakarta provinces, spewed columns of ash as far as 1,200 meters into the sky on Thursday, according to the Geological Disaster Research and ...

Over 2.41 million Indonesians got first vaccine dose

The number of Indonesians receiving their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine rose by 127,492 to reach 2,413,615 as of Friday afternoon, according to the Task Force for COVID-19 ...

Vaccine still effective against UK variant, assures govt.

The COVID-19 vaccine that is currently being used in Indonesia is effective against the B1.1.7 variant, which is associated with an increased risk of transmission, the government has ...

Public should dismiss hoaxes in vaccination program: MUI

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) called for the people to take part in a government-formulated vaccination program while earnestly requesting them to not be influenced by vaccine-related ...

PTDI aims to produce amphibious aircraft by 2024

State-owned aircraft manufacturer PT DirgantaraIndonesia (PTDI) is targeting to build an amphibious aircraft that can take off and land on water as well as solid ground by 2024. PT ...