The Jakarta Governor, Anies Baswedan, highlighted his target to offer the COVID-19 vaccination service to 1.1 million children in the age group of six to 11 years at Jakarta’s schools or other vaccination centers. “The number of children aged 6 to 11 years that are registered in the education database reaches
The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) alerted people in the regions, with “Advisory” and “Watch” status, to immediately evacuate following a 7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck Flores Sea on Tuesday morning. Hence, the agency immediately issued a tsunami early warning for East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), South
Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto affirmed that the National Economic Recovery (PEN) Program in 2021 is on track and will be continued in 2022. “The government’s countercyclical spending policy, especially through the PEN program, has protected vulnerable communities and stimulated the business sector to grow positively again,” the
Vice President Ma’ruf Amin believes the target to lower the prevalence of childhood stunting in Indonesia is quite ambitious, as it aims to decrease the rate by 13 percent by 2024. “Currently, the prevalence of stunting in Indonesia was still recorded at around 27 percent. This means in order to
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology has stated that COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 6 to 11 years is not a mandatory requirement during face-to-face learning in schools. “We do not require vaccination as a condition for face-to-face learning, but vaccination supports and boosts our safety so that
The Social Affairs Ministry has confirmed that the process is underway to collect data of children that lost their parents to the Semeru eruption and got orphaned to ensure precise distribution of social benefits. “We are currently collecting the data of orphans. I had instructed officials there to commence the