Day: January 3, 2022

QR codes to monitor COVID-19 spread in schools: ministry

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) is encouraging the use of technology, such as Quick Response Codes (QR codes), for monitoring COVID-19 spread in educational clusters. “We encourage the use of technology to monitor the development of the pandemic in each educational unit. For example, we have

Indonesia cuts isolation period for citizens returning from abroad

The Indonesian government has shortened the quarantine period for Indonesian citizens returning from abroad, including those arriving from countries with a high number of Omicron cases. Earlier, international travelers from countries with high Omicron cases had to undergo 14-day isolation, while people arriving from other countries were prescribed a 10-day

Booster vaccine dose research to conclude on January 10: Minister

Research on the COVID-19 booster vaccine dose for increasing antibody levels in the bodies of Indonesians is to be completed on January 10, 2022, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated. “The Indonesian Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (ITAGI) has been conducting the research. It is expected to be completed on

Education Ministry unveils transformation applications, AI Centre

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) has launched digital transformation applications and an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Center for accelerating development in the AI sector, an official informed on Monday. “Because in 2021, we observed that there were thousands of university students who joined the micro-credential program which

COVID-19: Indonesia continues to prepare health equipment, medicines

Indonesia’s Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin highlighted the government’s pre-emptive measures of preparing additional medicine equipment and facilities to cater to the current COVID-19 patients and to tackle a likely case surge in future. “Of the total 400 thousand hospital beds nationwide, we have readied 30 percent, or equal to

West Java’s 20 residents exposed to Omicron after overseas trips

As many as 20 residents of West Java were exposed to the Omicron variant of COVID-19 after returning from overseas trips, Governor M. Ridwan Kamil stated. “Today, West Java’s 20 residents, who have just arrived from abroad, are undergoing quarantine after being exposed to the Omicron variant,” the governor noted