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Interview 4 years ago

Equal access to funding, Big Pharma commitments essential in global COVID-19 resilience

The Jakarta Post spoke with Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin about strategies to lessen the impact of the COVID-19 third wave, the country’s health system and how Indonesia’s G20 presidency will improve global resilience against the virus.

Society 4 years ago

Indonesia to start COVID-19 boosters after 50% of public vaccinated

Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country and once Asia's COVID-19 epicenter, has inoculated 29 percent of its population of 270 million people, using a variety of vaccine brands.

National 5 years ago

PREMIUM
Health minister blames uneven factory distribution for oxygen shortage

The health minister says that most oxygen producers are located in West Java and East Java, which presented logistical difficulties in distributing the gas to hospitals located elsewhere on Java.

National 5 years ago

Health Ministry turns to telemedicine for COVID-19 as hospitals struggle

With records most days last week and deaths surpassing 500 on several of those, the country is battling one of Asia's worst COVID-19 epidemics, fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant first identified in India.

National 5 years ago

BPOM declares suspended AstraZeneca vaccine batch safe to use

In a press statement, the Drug and Food Monitoring Agency (BPOM) concluded that the vaccine batch "meets quality requirements and is safe to use."

National 5 years ago

PREMIUM
Better risk communication needed as Indonesia surpasses 30,000 COVID-19 deaths

After becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to reach the 1-million mark of COVID-19 cases, Indonesia has recorded nearly 30,000 deaths because of the coronavirus disease.

National 5 years ago

PREMIUM
‘Wrong’ strategy brings Indonesia closer to 1 million COVID-19 cases

As of Monday, health authorities logged a total of 999,256 COVID-19 confirmed cases as well as 28,132 deaths.

National 5 years ago

Indonesia to impose more targeted restrictions to fight COVID-19

Chief economic minister, Airlangga Hartarto, said some of the measures include changes to opening hours for malls and limited capacity at restaurants and places of worship.