Day: July 13, 2021

Govt confirms 90,000 of 120,000 beds for COVID-19 patients occupied

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin revealed that almost 90 thousand out of the 120 thousand beds for COVID-19 patients had been occupied in the past seven weeks owing to a spike in COVID-19 cases. “Nearly 90 thousand beds were used to treat COVID-19 patients,” the minister stated

Twenty years of the SCO: Cooperation for stability, prosperity

Since the early days of gaining its independence, the Republic of Tajikistan, based on the principles of the “open doors” policy, peacefulness, and objectivity, established and subsequently, extended and strengthened friendly, equal, and mutually beneficial relations with most countries of the world, and forged strategic partnerships with a number of

Equal investment access for MSME cooperatives, large investors assured

Jakarta (ANTARA) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has assured that the Indonesian government will ensure both MSME-based investors and cooperatives as well as large-value investors have equal access to investment opportunities in the country. Not just large investors and foreign investors, investors from MSMEs and cooperatives also create job opportunities

AYLI commends companies’ oxygen donation initiative to save patients

Bogor, W Java (ANTARA) – Patron of Jakarta-based Al Azhar Youth Leader Institute (AYLI) Sariat Arifia praised companies and organizations that have extended assistance to the Indonesian government to fulfill a major demand in medical oxygen to save COVID-19 patients. “I reiterate President Joko Widodo’s call for the importance of

VP Amin invites ulemas to protect people from COVID-19 disinformation

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesian Vice President Ma’ruf Amin invited ulemas, Muslim priests (kiai), and Islamic religious leaders to protect the public from incorrect information being conveyed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “I want to invite the kiai to protect the people from various types of information and issues that are not

Widodo wants all athletes vaccinated prior to Papua’s PON

Jakarta (ANTARA) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked the concerned agencies to inoculate all athletes and officials participating in Papua’s 2021 PON National Games and the National Para Games (Peparnas) by October this year. “In addition to the athletes and officials, locals living near all venues of the multi-sport