Day: April 18, 2022

Eid gatherings to be regulated by ministerial instruction: Hartarto

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has said that activities related to the 2022 Eid al-Fitr gatherings, known as halalbihalal, will be regulated by a Home Affairs Minister’s Instruction. He made that statement after attending a limited meeting on the evaluation of public activity restrictions (PPKM) led by President Joko Widodo

Ministry to observe children’s immunization month in May

The Health Ministry will observe National Children’s Immunization Month in May this year to ensure children catch up with the routine immunizations that they have missed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “In the program, there are two main activities, (those being) a dose of immunization to prevent measles and rubella, and

Gov’t looking to expand immunization coverage: Ministry

The government will carry out several strategies during the National Children’s Immunization Month (BIAN), that is in May, to increase immunization coverage, Health Ministry’s acting director for immunization management, Dr. Prima Yosephine, has said. One of the strategies is to expedite the administration of polio vaccines, either oral polio vaccines

Conflict causal to RI’s trade balance deficit with Russia, Ukraine

Indonesia’s trade balance with the two warring countries, Russia and Ukraine, was in deficit due to the ongoing war, Head of the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) Margo Yuwono stated. “We would like to conclude that this conflict has caused our trade balance to be in deficit, in which the largest deficit

2020 basic immunization achievement lowest in past decade: IDAI

Chairman of the Indonesian Pediatrician Association (IDAI) Piprim Basarah Yanuarso affirmed that the achievement of complete basic immunization participation in 2020 was the lowest in the last decade. “Complete basic immunization coverage in 2020 is the lowest during the 2011-2020 period as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Yanuarso noted

Pandemic has encouraged varied learning methods: ministry

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has lasted for nearly two years, has broadened the variety of learning methods, and this is expected to increase student independence, according to the Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministry. “The pandemic offered a lot of lessons, including on the way students learn. Learning does not