Month: August 2021

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

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