Day: March 3, 2022

Booster vaccination coverage reaches 11.32 million

At least 11.32 million Indonesian citizens have received the third or booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Thursday, the COVID-19 Handling Task Force reported. According to data provided by the task force, the number of people receiving the booster dose rose by 1,107,988 on Thursday, taking the total

Eighty Indonesian citizens evacuated from Ukraine reach Tangerang

Eighty Indonesian citizens (WNI) who were evacuated from Ukraine arrived at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Tangerang City, Banten Province, on Thursday and were received by Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi. At a virtual press conference on Thursday, she informed that the evacuees arrived at 5:10 p.m. Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB) on an

Jakarta gov’t calls for health protocol compliance

Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria has reminded Jakarta’s residents to increase health protocols compliance to accelerate the decline in COVID-19 cases. “We ask for the support and participation of the community to always comply with the 5M health protocols. Even if the number of COVID-19 cases is declining, it does

S Sulawesi: Bed occupancy in isolation rooms reaches 30%

The South Sulawesi Health Office has reported that the bed occupancy rate (BOR) in COVID-19 isolation rooms at hospitals in South Sulawesi has reached 30 percent. “Most of the patients (being treated in hospitals) are older adults, especially those with comorbidities and (those who) have not been vaccinated (against COVID-19),”

UNDIP Students Launched First Export of Dried Seaweed to Vietnam

Diponegoro University Mechanical Engineering student Class 2017, Humam Kurniadhitama, launched the first export of dried gracillaria seaweed to Vietnam. The launch of the initial export of 90 tons of dried seaweed worth 55,000 US Dollars or the equivalent of Rp. This 800 million took place at Tanjung Emas Port, Semarang on Friday