Day: August 5, 2021

Health Ministry ensures vaccine stocks to suffice for regional demand

The Indonesian Health Ministry’s Spokesperson for COVID-19 Vaccination Program Siti Nadia Tarmizi made assurance of sufficient vaccine stocks to meet the regional demand. “We have adequate stocks of vaccine. However, please note that all targets cannot be vaccinated simultaneously, as vaccine doses also arrive gradually,” Tarmizi stated here, Thursday, According to

Parenting is a shared responsibility: ministry

Mothers and fathers both have an equal responsibility and role in raising their children, assistant deputy at the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA), Prijadi Santoso, has said. “As stated in Law Number 52 of 2009 concerning Population Development and Family Development, there is an expanded definition of

Spokesperson highlights frozen meat as business chance amid pandemic

Sale of frozen meat has become a business opportunity during the COVID-19 pandemic amid increasing demand from households, according to Jakarta’s Department of Food Security, Marine, and Agriculture (KPKP). “During the pandemic that has protracted since the past 1.5 years, a 1.17-percent increase was observed in the public’s inclination to

Expert vouches for COVID-19 vaccine safety among pregnant women

A lecturer of the Malang Health Polytechnic of the Health Ministry Susanti Pratamaningtyas ascertained that COVID-19 vaccines are permissible and safe for administration to pregnant women. “According to Health Ministry’s Circular Letter Number HK.02.01/I/2007/2021, vaccination is allowed for pregnant women, and (it has been) declared as safe. It is even recommended

Economic recovery hinges on progress in COVID-19 handling: Ministry

Head of the Finance Ministry’s Fiscal Policy Office (BFK), Febrio Kacaribu, believes that the direction of Indonesia’s economic recovery in future will depend on the progress in COVID-19 handling in the country. “Since mid-June 2021, the number of cases in Indonesia have increased due to the new Delta variant that

Indonesia hands over repaired aircraft engine to PNG defence force

The Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) had handed over a CT 7-9C aircraft engine that its technicians had repaired to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force in Port Moresby on Wednesday. The CT 7-9C aircraft engine belongs to the PNG Defence Force’s CASA-235 plane. Head of the TNI’s Strategic Intelligence Agency Lieutenant General Joni Supriyanto represented TNI Commander Air Chief Marshal  Hadi Tjahjanto at