President Joko Widodo gave directives to his ministers to conduct the state budget stress test to anticipate the negative impacts of increasing global economic turmoil. “For this year, the president has asked that state budget(-wise, there must be) a stress test simulation made (as anticipation) if global conditions do not
Yogyakarta city has started to administer the second booster dose to healthcare workers using the available Moderna COVID-19 vaccine supply. “We have already begun (administering) the second booster vaccination,” head of the Yogyakarta City Health Office, Emma Rahmi Aryani, said here on Monday. The existing supply of Moderna vaccines would
The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) has lauded ongoing cooperation for the development of herbal plant kratom (Mitragyna speciosa), which is known for its pain-relieving properties, as an export commodity. The cooperation for kratom’s export development was initiated by the American-Indonesian Chamber of Commerce, the American Kratom Association (AKA), and the Anugerah Bumi Hijau Producers
Head of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Dwikorita Karnawati has said that climate change could threaten food security in Indonesia. Extreme events and hydrometeorological disasters have made agricultural and fishery activities more vulnerable to disruption and failure, and they have even threatened the productivity of crops and fishing, as well
Government Spokesperson for COVID-19 Reisa Broto Asmoro on Monday stressed the importance of immunization in preventing recurrent diseases, which are among the factors responsible for childhood stunting. “Immunizations can prevent the risks of infection to the point of severe symptoms appearing in preventable diseases,” Asmoro said in a health broadcast,
The Environment and Forestry Ministry is optimizing legal permit provision for social forestry with the aim of covering 12.7 million hectares by 2028 to achieve the Forestry and Other Land Use (FoLU) Net Sink 2030 target. After realizing the legal permit provision target by 2028, the ministry will support the