A joint team of policemen and customs officers, seized 150 kg of crystal methamphetamine and 20,000 pills of Happy 5, in Indonesia’s westernmost province of Aceh, a police officer said, yesterday. Six people were arrested during the operation, on Jan 22, Aceh Police Chief, Inspector General Ahmad Haydar said, in
Indonesia yesterday confirmed 4,878 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day rise since Sept 12, 2021, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in the archipelago. With the increase, the country’s tally of infections rose to 4,294,183, the country’s Health Ministry said. In the past 24 hours, the death toll from
Indonesia must step up efforts to achieve the 70-percent vaccination coverage target so that it is well-prepared for any potential wave caused by the highly-transmissible Omicron variant, a government official has said. “Our vaccination rate has been high enough, but we need to soon get the percentage of fully-vaccinated Indonesians
The Jakarta’s provincial government is expediting administration of the third vaccination dose, or booster shot, to ensure herd immunity during the Finance Track, one of the G20 events, in Jakarta, Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria stated. “We expedite (administration of the) booster vaccine and bolster the monitoring,” he noted at
Assistant Deputy for Cooperatives and MSMEs at the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs Iwan Faidi invited micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to use digital markets to help sustain and develop their businesses. “The COVID-19 pandemic has also become a momentum for accelerating the digitization of MSMEs, as we are
The government remains committed to continually accelerating COVID-19 vaccinations for the community to ensure equitable achievement of vaccine targets across regions and strengthen the community’s immune system against the potential spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Accelerating the delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine is also an important part of ensuring that