Day: January 13, 2022

Street crimes make up third of conventional crimes: police chief

Thirty-five percent of the conventional crimes recorded in Indonesia throughout 2021 were street crimes, National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo has said. “Throughout 2021, 79 percent of crimes were conventional crimes, and 35 percent of conventional crimes that occurred were street crimes,” he informed at the Jakarta Metro Police headquarters here

Ministry to install water treatment facility in flooded Jayapura areas

The Social Affairs Ministry will install a clean water network or water treatment facility for locations that were flooded in Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province. “A clean water network or water treatment facility will be installed. If there is a flood, then the problem (that arises) is definitely (the

Taking COVID-19 booster shots not mandatory: Health Ministry

Health Ministry’s spokesperson, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, clarified that the booster vaccination provided by the government to increase individual protection from the risk of COVID-19 transmission is not mandatory. “This vaccine booster is not mandatory. It merely aims to offer additional protection to individuals amid the emergence of the new COVID-19

W Java prepares anticipatory measures against potential COVID-19 surge

The provincial government of West Java has prepared anticipatory measures against any potential surge in COVID-19 cases due to the new B.1.1.529, or Omicron, variant. In a press release received from the provincial government’s public relations team here on Thursday, the province’s health office said it has intensified tracing, testing,

Vaccination coverage among children in Yogyakarta reaches 81.5%

COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the 6–11 age group in Yogyakarta has reached 81.5 percent of the target set by the Health Ministry, head of the Yogyakarta Health Office, Emma Rahmi Aryani, said on Thursday. “If counted based on the data from the Ministry of Health, the coverage of children’s vaccinations

Indonesia does not recognize Taliban govt in Afghanistan: ministry

The humanitarian aid dispatched by the Indonesian government for the Afghan people recently must not be considered an acknowledgment of the Taliban government, the Foreign Affairs Ministry has emphasized. In a press briefing here on Thursday, director general of information and public diplomacy at the ministry, Teuku Faizasyah, stressed that