Day: May 31, 2022

EUA for Red and White vaccine expected by Sept: BPOM

The Phase 3 clinical trials for the Red and White vaccine will begin in the second week of June this year and emergency-use authorization (EUA) for the vaccine is expected to come through by September.Head of the National Agency of Drug and Food Contro…

Industry playing vital role amid COVID recovery: minister

The industrial sector is playing an important role in supporting economic growth as the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has said. “Sustainability and resilience of economic recove…

For endemic status, three conditions necessary: minister

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said that his ministry has conceived three conditions that will need to be met for the COVID-19 pandemic to be considered endemic.Speaking at a press conference after attending a limited meeting chaired by Presid…

East Java: Governor asks regions to form FMD task force

East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa has asked regional heads in the province to promptly form task forces for handling foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in livestock to control the current outbreak.”For district heads and mayors, please immediately …

Some 60 percent of Jambi’s forest area damaged: Walhi

The Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) estimated that 1.26 million hectares, or about 60 percent of the total forest area in Jambi, had been encroached upon or damaged over the last two decades.Director of Walhi Jambi Abdullah stated here on Tuesda…

VP expects Indonesia to have golden generation in 2045

Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has pinned high hopes over Indonesia truly having a golden generation in 2045 or on the 100th anniversary of the country’s independence.Amin conveyed the statement during his online remarks at the Book Launch “Moving Forward:…