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Papua struggles to bring COVID-19 cases under control

Papua has been struggling to cope with a drastic rise in COVID-19 cases over the past few weeks, with the Delta variant of the coronavirus beginning to tighten its grip on Indonesia’s easternmost province. Cases of the more contagious and transmissible…

40,000 passengers vaccinated at AP II airports in July

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Forty thousand passengers have been vaccinated against COVID-19 at AP II airport vaccination centers between July 3 and July 22, 2021, state-owned air transport corporation PT Angkasa Pura II (AP II) has said.”Our (AP II) biggest vac…

South African drug ring member arrested in Jakarta

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Jakarta metropolitan police this week arrested a 46-year-old man with alleged links to a South African drug ring and seized one kg of crystal methamphetamine from him. The suspect, identified by his initials as ADM, was apprehend…