Day: July 14, 2021

Minister pushes for investment acceleration amid economic growth

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartarto encouraged all economic players to capitalize on the economic growth momentum by expediting investment. “I encourage us to jointly take advantage of the growth momentum by accelerating investment and also continue to support government policies in controlling the pandemic, so that

DJP Kemenkeu’s 2,474 employees contracted COVID-19: Finance minister

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati revealed that 2,474 employees from the Tax Directorate General (DJP) Kemenkeu had currently been infected with COVID-19 and were hospitalized or self-isolating at home. “We are praying for their well-being and wishing them a speedy recovery,” the minister stated during a Tax

Govt should ensure citizens’ needs fulfilled during PPKM: politician

Semarang (ANTARA) – Government should fulfill citizens’ requirements during the Community Activity Restriction Enforcement (PPKM), a Golkar Party politician stated in connection with the recent provincial-level emergency PPKM implementation from July 3 and 12 until July 20, 2021. “In any emergency situation, it is the government’s responsibility to ensure (that

Jokowi witnesses vaccination of junior, senior high school students

Jakarta (ANTARA) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) virtually witnessed the commencement of COVID-19 vaccination for junior and senior high school students at 32 locations spread across 15 districts and cities and 14 provinces in the country. In addition, President Jokowi virtually witnessed the door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination program for the general

Epidemiologist projects decline in COVID-19 cases in August-September

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Epidemiology expert from the University of Indonesia (UI) Muhammad N. Farid forecast the number of COVID-19 cases to decline during the August-September period after spiking significantly in June-July. “We outlined a scenario based on the drop in the number of cases in February and the spike in June.

UI epidemiologist presses for expediting COVID-19 handling in Jakarta

Jakarta (ANTARA) – An epidemiologist at the Faculty of Public Health, University of Indonesia (FKM-UI) Pandu Riono, at a discussion here, Tuesday, urged the Jakarta provincial government to improve its COVID-19 handling measures in the city. Although the Jakarta government has conducted massive testing as compared to other regions, efforts to