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JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The Indonesian government is still mulling over whether to extend emergency public activity restrictions, a senior minister has said, adding further uncertainty over the fate of the policy amid soaring daily Covid-19 infections and deaths across the country. Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan, who was tasked with coordinating the governments Covid-19 response in areas affected by the curbs, said he and other mini...

Convalescent plasma donors become game changers in battling COVID-19 12th February 2021 Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy monitors the convalescent plasma donation process. ANTARA/HO-Kemenko PMK (The number of) convalescent plasma donors continues to increase nationwide. I hope they may serve as a game changer Jakarta (ANTARA) - Convalescent plasma donors may emerge as game changers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, accordi...

The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network An online survey carried out by the Health Ministry has found that only one third of Indonesians wanting to get Covid-19 shots are willing to pay for a vaccine. The survey was carried out alongside the Indonesian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ITAGI) with support from UNICEF and the World Health Organisation from Sept 19 to 30. More than 115,000 respondents in 508 of all 514 cities and regencies across the countrys 34 provinces were questioned. The ...

Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy said the government would improve data collection and update the Integrated Data for Social Welfare (DTKS) -- a database of poor and vulnerable families -- next year amid a rising poverty rate due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The DTKS, managed by the Social Affairs Ministry, which is under Muhadjirs jurisdiction, collects socioeconomic and demographic information on the populations bott...