Day: July 6, 2021

AP II airports ready 3,500 COVID-19 vaccine doses per day

Jakarta (ANTARA) – At least 16 airports managed by state-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura (AP) II have made available 3,500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine for passengers per day. Any would-be passenger is obligated to produce a vaccination card and negative result of the polymerase chain rapid (PCR) test before

SOEs act promptly to ensure availability of oxygen supply: Thohir

Jakarta (ANTARA) – State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir has acted swiftly and led efforts to ensure the availability of oxygen supply to meet the rising demands amid a drastic surge in COVID-19 cases. Strategic state-owned companies, such as the Pertamina Group that includes PGN, Krakatau Steel, and Pupuk Indonesia

NTHU team steals the show at the ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge

Hsinchu, Taiwan–(Antara/Business Wire)- A team from NTHU’s Department of Computer Science has won the Championship in the online group of the 2020-2021 ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge, outperforming more than 300 teams representing prestigious universities around the world. The team won the competition for second straight times following the victory in

COVID-19 battered Indonesia grateful for vaccine donations

Indonesia has been struggling in the fight against the second COVID-19 wave triggered by the new Delta variant that has increasingly overwhelmed the country’s healthcare facilities over the last several weeks. Despite all-out efforts made by authorities and healthcare workers, the daily count of new COVID-19 cases has continued to

Minister necessitates 50% mobility decline to flatten COVID-19 curve

Jakarta (ANTARA) – A 50-percent reduction in public mobility during the enforcement of emergency public activities restrictions (PKPM) will flatten the COVID-19 curve in the subsequent week, Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan stated. “We are optimistic that, if possible, public mobility would decline by 50 percent.

President keen that daily vaccination rate reaches five million doses

Jakarta (ANTARA) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is keen that the daily COVID-19 vaccination rate will increase to five million doses in August 2021, Health Minister Budi Gunawan Sadikin stated. “The president is optimistic that the daily vaccination target of one million doses would be achieved in July 2021 and