Day: September 16, 2021

Pfizer, Moderna vaccines available at all Jakarta health facilities

Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have been made available at all health facilities and vaccination centers in Jakarta city to support new policies for accelerating COVID-19 immunization, the Jakarta Health Service has informed. “Starting today, Moderna and Pfizer vaccination services are available in all health facilities and vaccine centers in Jakarta,”

G20 Presidency to bring medium- to long-term positive impacts

Economist at Permata Bank Josua Pardede has estimated that Indonesia’s presidency during the G20 summit in 2022 will bring positive impact for Indonesia, both in the medium and long term. “This is because with the appointment, Indonesia is projected to have a bigger bargaining power, especially in the finance track,”

Jokowi calls on Indonesians to learn to coexist with COVID-19

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on Indonesians to learn to coexist with COVID-19 on account of the virus projected to not completely disappear from the country. “We have to start learning to coexist with COVID-19 because it will not completely disappear from our country,” President Jokowi noted in his

Boyolali Health Office to administer 17,250 COVID-19 vaccines daily

The Boyolali District Health Office, Central Java Province, aims to administer 17,250 doses of the first vaccine to the general public in a hundred villages spread across 22 sub-districts in the area. Acting Head of the Boyolali District Health Office Insan Adi Asmono stated in Boyolali on Thursday that for

Some 128 Jambi children lost biological parents to COVID-19

A total of 128 children in Jambi Province lost their biological parents to COVID-19. Secretary of the Jambi Population and Civil Registry Social Service, Fadli, confirmed on Thursday that hundreds of children had lost their parents to COVID-19. The social affairs office would provide assistance every month to such orphaned

Need to build awareness on child marriage risks: BKKBN, ministry

The National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) and the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) have highlighted the need to build awareness on the risks of child marriage. “One of the things we need to do is make it clear that understanding reproductive health is important,” BKKBN