Pre-employment card to be budgeted until 2022: VP 5th March 2021
Illustration: Beneficiaries show their pre-employment card after meeting with the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto in Jakarta, Tuesday (15/12/2020). ANTARA PHOTOS / Aditya Pradana Putra / aww. Jakarta (ANTARA) - Vice President Ma ruf Amin spoke of the government’s plan to continue the pre-employment card program until at least 2022 to improve the quality of Human Resources (HR) amid global competition after the COVID-19 pandemic. God willing, in 2022, we can also budget for this program, as our workforce increases every year and post-epidemic job demands call for better human resources and more skills, Vice President Amin stated during an online economic dialog quoted in Jakarta, Friday.
Government to continue stimulus programs to spur tourism recovery 17th February 2021
Some tourists at Seger Beach, Mandalika Special Economic Zone, in Kuta, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. ANTARA PHOTO/Ahmad Subaidi/aww./sh Jakarta (ANTARA) - The government will continue to implement the stimulus program, including offering grant, interest rate subsidy, credit restructurization, and microloans for tourism, to drive recovery in the tourism sector battered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto noted in a statement here on Wednesday that tourism was one of the sectors most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and would be the latest to recover, for which special stimulus was deemed important.
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Situation Update: Response to COVID-19 in Indonesia (As of 21 December 2020) [EN/ID]
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As of 20 December, the Indonesian Government has announced 664,930 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in all 34 provinces in Indonesia, with 19,880 confirmed deaths from the virus, and 541,811 people that have recovered from the illness. The government has also reported 66,702 suspected cases.
On 16 December, the Indonesian President announced that the COVID-19 vaccine will be provided free of charge for all citizens. As recommended by ITAGI (Indonesian Technical Advisory Group on Immunization) and SAGE (Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization), the Ministry of Health will prioritize health workers and people working in health service facilities to be vaccinated, especially in Java and Bali due to the high number of COVID-19 cases in these two islands.