Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian Agriculture Ministry, in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), through the Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases (FAO ECTAD), launched a Global Health Security Programme (GHSP) targeted at averting future pandemics. During the launch event held virtually on Tuesday, Secretary-General of the Ministry of
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia recorded a surplus of US$623 million in its trade with Switzerland in the initial five months of 2021 despite the global economy having shown no signs of recovery owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. Indonesia’s trade performance with Switzerland improved in May 2021 after bilateral trade decreased
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Ministry of Health has encouraged the public, who still have to conduct outdoor activities, to continue to wear masks at home in order to avert infections. “COVID-19 infections within families can be caused by droplets dispersed by coughing and sneezing. Hence, family members, with high mobility
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesian Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has asked public and private universities to scale up innovation and research related to sharia economy and finance. “Educational institutions with sharia economy study programs are hoped to carry out studies and research to boost innovation and (bring about) further development in
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has asked India to relax permits for the export of therapeutic medicines to Indonesia amid a spike in COVID-19 infections. She conveyed the request to Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Italy on
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Health Ministry’s vaccination spokesperson Siti Nadia Tarmizi has advised people to use double masks to anticipate the risk of transmission of a number of new variants of SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. “Why do people need to wear double mask? They need to use double mask because