Day: August 1, 2021

Global COVID-19 cases climb 80 percent due to Detlta variant

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The global COVID-19 cases swelled 80 percent in the past month due to the Delta variant of coronavirus, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said. quoting a World Health Organization (WHO) report. “On July 30, 2021, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported

KONI completes first phase of vaccination of Papua PON athletes

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) – The Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) of Papua Chapter claimed it has completed the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination of athletes who will contest in the 20th National Games (PON) on October 2-15. Meanwhile, the second phase of the vaccination of athletes is still underway,

Delta variant spreads almost evenly throughout Indonesia : Official

Jakarta (ANTARA) – A specimen study has shown that the highly-contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus has spread almost evenly throughout Indonesia, according to Siti Nadia Tarmizi, a spokesperson for the COVID-19 Vaccination of the Health Ministry. “The Delta variant dominates 86 percent of the specimen sequencing conducted in the