Day: July 12, 2022

Indonesia’s COVID-19 cases climb by 3,361

Indonesia’s COVID-19 case tally swelled by 3,361 on Tuesday, taking the total count to 6,116,347, data from the COVID-19 Handling Task Force showed.According to data from the task force received here on Tuesday, the provinces that recorded the most new…

Booster shot must be taken week before travel: ministry

People planning to travel will need to take the COVID-19 booster shot at least a week before departure, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health Mohammad Syahril has said.”This booster is intended to build antibodies, and they are formed in one or two w…

Minister highlights importance of cooperatives as economic buffer

Cooperatives have an important role as drivers of economic recovery considering Indonesia had around 127,846 cooperatives with 27.1 million members in 2021, Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Minister Teten Masduki has said. “The tot…

Indonesia gaining self-sufficiency in rice production: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is sanguine about Indonesia soon achieving self-sufficiency in rice since the country had stopped importing rice in the last three years.”I am sure that we will achieve self-sufficiency in rice because we have not importe…