Day: August 1, 2021

Jakarta governor visits two Sumatran tigers contracting COVID-19

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan visited two Sumatran tigers ( Panthera tigris sumatrae) contracting COVID-19 and undergoing isolation at the Ragunan Zoo, South Jakarta. “Yesterday, after touring six vaccination locations in Jakarta, I stopped by Ragunan (Zoo) to visit these quite unique COVID-19 patients,” Anies Baswedan wrote on his

Govt to provide 50 oxygen concentrators to Papua

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) – The Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Health Ministry are set to provide 50 oxygen concentrators to Papua province to address a recent spike in COVID-19 cases. The 50 oxygen concentrators are expected to enable hospitals in the province to produce oxygen themselves, day-to-day chief

MSP penetrates Asian, European, US markets

Jakarta (ANTARA) – PT Mitra Stania Prima (MSP), one of the tin exporters in Indonesia, has managed to penetrate Asian, European, and the United States (US) markets. Last year, PT. Mitra Stania Prima (MSP) managed to record tin metal exports of 3,299 tons, according to a statement received here on

Human resource development is key to nation’s advancement: Minister

Depok, Jawa Barat (ANTARA) – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani, concurrently member of the University of Indonesia’s (UI’s) Board of Trustees, has stated that human resource development is a key to the nation’s advancement. “The state finance mirrors all Indonesian nation’s potentials to gain revenue from natural resources, culture, and the

Jakarta (ANTARA) – As many as 3.5 million doses of Moderna vaccine donated by the US Government through the COVAX Facility, arrived at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, outskirt of Jakarta, on Sunday. “The United States has given additional support of US vaccine dose-sharing through the COVAX Facility amounting to 3.5 million doses that arrive here now,” Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno LP Marsudi said on a video statement uploaded on the Youtube channel of the Presidential Secretariat here on Sunday. The latest arrival is the third shipment of Moderna vaccine donated by the US to Indonesia so far. The US had earlier shipped 3,000,060 doses and 1,500,100 doses respectively. to Jakarta. “With today’s arrival, the total number of Moderna vaccine doses, which is cooperation support from the US Government through COVAX Facility, that Indonesia has received is 8,000,160 ready-to-use vaccine doses,” Marsudi said. Indonesia received the Moderna vaccine donated by the US Government through the COVAX Facility following intensive discussions with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US National Security Adviser jack Sullivan, she added. She expressed gratitude to the US for the assistance which is very much needed for the COVID-19 handling in Indonesia. “I would like to express my appreciation and gratitude to the US Government for the additional Moderna vaccine support. Cooperation through the dose-sharing mechanism is one of the important means to help the world out of this pandemic,” Retno Marsudi said. To date, Indonesia has received a total of 178,357,880 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, consisting of 144,700,280 doses of vaccine bulk, and 33,657,600 doses of ready-to-use vaccine. “If we sort them out from the sources, from the COVAX Facility, Indonesia has received shipments of 19,704,960 doses of vaccines for free so far. All of them are ready-to-use vaccines,” she noted. The government would continue to make efforts to secure the procurement of vaccines for the benefit of the Indonesian people, she remarked. Source: Antara News

Jakarta (ANTARA) – As many as 3.5 million doses of Moderna vaccine donated by the US Government through the COVAX Facility, arrived at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, outskirt of Jakarta, on Sunday. “The United States has given additional support of US vaccine dose-sharing through the COVAX Facility amounting to 3.5