People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Deputy Speaker Syarief Hasan has asked the government to optimize the capacity of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and domestic companies for developing vaccines. “We have SOEs and domestic companies that have the ability to build vaccine factories,” said Hasan in a written statement received by ANTARA here on Thursday.
University of Indonesia’s Internal medicine specialist, Dr Rudy Kurniawan, Sp.PD, highlighted some tips during a virtual session here on Thursday to prevent long COVID-19 syndrome after recovering from the disease. He explained that long COVID-19 was a condition wherein an individual still experienced symptoms despite testing negative for COVID-19. The
The Social Affairs Ministry has suggested allocating Rp3.2 trillion to assist orphaned children, including those that lost their parents due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding will be offered by rediverting the ministry’s budget for physical development, Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini noted at a meeting with Commission VIII of
The Tourism Service of Sleman District, Yogyakarta Province, is planning to apply for a trial permit to reopen tourist destinations which have not been operational since the imposition of community activity restrictions (PPKM) several months ago. “After yesterday (August 25, 2021), the Sleman district government succeeded in obtaining permits for the opening
The national bed occupancy ratio has declined to 29 percent, directly in proportion to the decline in daily COVID-19 cases, Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) informed in Jakarta on Thursday. “Thank God, our national bed occupancy rate is now down to 29 percent. This, we need to be grateful for,” the President
Indonesian lifter Ni Nengah Widiasih pocketed the first medal for Indonesia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic powerlifting sports at the Tokyo International Forum on Thursday. According to the official competition report, she bagged a silver medal in the 41-kilogram (kg) class after clinching a lift of 98 kg with ease.