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PLN Gradually Recovers Electricity Supply (0)
State-owned electricity firm PT PLN has recovered electric power to Balaraja Extra High Voltage substation in Banten Province, and furthermore it will be channeled to Suralaya steam-fueled power plant (PLTU) to gradually recover its operation to reach its capacity of 2800 MW of electricity.
In addition, power supply from Gandul Extra High Voltage substations in Depok, West Java Province, will be channeled to Muara Karang gas and steam power plant (PLTGU) to supply electricity to the Indonesian capital city, Jakarta.
Acting President Director of PLN Sripeni Inten Cahyani said here on Sunday that the power supply to Jakarta was expected to recover within three hours.
"We apologize for the inconvenience today, and currently all efforts have been made to recover the Java-Bali power system, especially in the area of West Java, Banten, and Jakarta," Cahyani said.
The company has focused on power supply to PLTGU Muara Karang and PLTGU Priok to recover the system in the capital city.
Previously, PLN has recovered the operation of hydro-generated power plant (PLTA) Saguling and PLTA Cirata which are functioned as power stabilizer, and, at the same time, supply the electricity to PLTU Suralaya through Cibinong, Depok, Gandul, Lengkok, Balaraja and Suralaya extra high voltage substations.
PLTU Suralaya is expected to return to its normal operation within six hours to normalize power system in West Java and Banten.
Blackout that affected thousands of homes and public facilities in West Java, Jakarta, and Banten was caused by several troubles in the extra high voltage 500 kV transmission of Ungaran - Pemalang.
"PLN has taken its best efforts and will have evaluation to prevent recurrence of today's incident," Cahyani said.
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March
Over 3.3 million Indonesians receive first COVID jab
Written by Nur Yasmin
Mar. 10 - The number of Indonesians receiving their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine rose by 239,001 to reach 3,337,026 as of Tuesday afternoon, the Task Force for COVID-19 Handling reported.
In the meantime, 39,340 additional people received their second vaccine shot, bringing the total count to 1,197,772.
The first phase of vaccinations kicked off on January 13, 2021 and targeted 1,468,764 healthcare workers.
The second phase of vaccinations started on February 17, 2021 and is targeting 38 million people, comprising over 21 million senior citizens and 16 million public service officers, including state officials, government employees, religious figures, traders, teachers, lecturers, athletes, journalists, and tourism operators.
Vice Health Minister Dante Saksono said the government is aiming to vaccinate around 21.5 million elderly people against COVID-19 by June this year.
On Tuesday, the Drug and Food Control Agency (BPOM) also issued an emergency-use authorization (EUA) for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
The agency also endorsed the entry of the vaccine by issuing a special entry permit.
With the issuance of the EUA, Indonesia will soon receive the first batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine under the COVAX Facility of the global cooperation scheme for vaccine and immunization (GAVI).
The government has set a target of inoculating 181,554,465 people, or 70 percent of the total population of Indonesia, to build herd immunity against the coronavirus. (Antaranews)
March
Indonesia pushes digital economy at Bosphorus Summit
Written by Nur Yasmin
Mar. 10 - Indonesian Ambassador to Turkey, Lalu Muhamad Iqbal, advocated digital economy as a solution to the global economic crisis at the Bosphorus Summit, which was held in Istanbul from March 8 to 9 this year.
Digital economy can serve as one of the solutions to the global economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, he said in a written statement released on Tuesday.
"Digital economy can serve as a solution because it constitutes cross-border economy, without distance and sector constraints. If it develops within a good ecosystem, it can create a digital spillover to the non-digital economic sector," he observed.
Quoting Oxford Economic data, Iqbal said the global digital economy was valued at US$11 trillion (Rp158,640 trillion) in 2016 and its value is projected to more than double to US$23 trillion (Rp331,703 trillion) in 2025.
Indonesia's digital economy is projected to reach US$40 billion (Rp676,9 trillion) this year, he said.
Meanwhile, Turkey's digital economy is expected to touch US$15 billion this year and grow to US$30 billion in 2023, he noted.
"To that end, Indonesia and Turkey have recently started to push for digital economic cooperation," he said.
The Bosphorus Summit is a strategic forum for the Balkan region that is held every year in Istanbul, Turkey. The forum brings together CEOs, policymakers, politicians, academics, senior journalists, and social and non-governmental organization activists from Balkan countries.
The 11th Bosphorus Summit was the first international-scale forum to be held in Turkey since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out last year.
The Indonesian Embassy in Ankara served as a strategic partner in organizing the summit this year. (Antaranews)
March
Online violence against women up amid pandemic: minister
Written by Nur Yasmin
Mar. 9 - Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection, I Gusti Ayu Bintang Darmawati, has said cases of online violence against women have increased with the rise in use of information technology amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Cases of violence are increasingly having various modes, the risk of online violence against women is increasing along with the increasing use of information technology during the pandemic," Minister Bintang Darmawati said while opening a webinar entitled ‘Protect Women from Violence - Dare to Speak Up’ in Jakarta on Monday.
In addition, during 2020, the majority of cases of violence against women involved domestic violence, she informed.
"The majority of cases are in the domestic realm; deeper psychological pressures accompany survivors, especially those facing various restrictions to leave the house due to the pandemic," she said.
The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection is continuing to fight for the principle of gender equality, she added.
However, currently, violence befalling women is still occurring at an alarming rate, she observed.
Therefore, the ministry is encouraging women and the surrounding community to have courage and report cases involving violence against them or other women.
Minister Bintang Darmawati also invited inter-ministries and agencies, local governments, and the business world to work together to handle cases of violence against women and children in Indonesia.
"Together we must protect them, make them empowered to speak up, and fight for themselves. Without this empowerment, women will continue to be trapped in a cycle of repeated violence even after receiving help. To achieve this, we must play our respective roles, (we) must join hands to build a system that is friendly to women,” she urged. (antaranews)
March
Indonesia gets over 1 mln AstraZeneca shots under COVAX scheme
Written by Nur Yasmin
Mar. 9 - Indonesia has received 1,113,600 ready-to-use vaccine doses developed by AstraZeneca under the COVAX multilateral scheme.
“Today, Indonesia received the first shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines comprising 1,113,600 shots, with a total weight of 4.1 tonnes, divided into 11,136 cartons,” said Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retno Marsudi, during a press conference at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Monday.
The minister said the shipment was the first installment of the first batch of vaccines allocated to Indonesia under the multilateral scheme.
Indonesia will be receiving a total of 11,704,800 shots as part of the first batch, she informed.
“The first batch shipments will continue to be carried out until May, 2021, and Insya Allah (God Willing), the plan is to have more batches following (the first one),” she elaborated.
She also lauded the cooperation among the ministries and institutions in the country, as well as international partnerships with a number of parties, including donor countries, vaccine alliance GAVI, the World Health Organization (WHO), the UNICEF, and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI).
She assured that vaccine diplomacy will continue to be strengthened, adding that diplomatic efforts will also be boosted to support the government’s efforts directed at health resilience and economic recovery.
The minister also underlined the importance of measures taken to ensure equal access to vaccines and said she has been continuously advocating for the cause, including through her role as one of the co-chairs of the COVAX AMC Engagement Group.
Aside from Marsudi, the arrival of the first vaccine shipment from COVAX was also witnessed by the WHO Country Representative in Indonesia, N Paranie, and the UNICEF Country Representative, Debora Comini. (antaranews)
March
Indonesia, UAE committed to driving economic transformation: minister
Written by Nur Yasmin
Mar. 9 - Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are committed to an economic transformation for the future, wherein knowledge, innovation, and technology will drive their economies, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, said.
He made the remarks in the context of the Indonesia-Emirates Amazing Week 2021, which was held last week, in conjunction with the visit of the UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, Suhail Al Mazroui, to Indonesia.
"Through the Indonesia-Emirates Amazing Week 2021, I increasingly feel the same spirit and vision that the two countries are preparing something big for the future of their future generations," the Indonesian minister said on his personal Instagram account (@luhut.pandjaitan) on Monday.
He said he remembered telling President Joko Widodo that the UAE should become a pilot model for Indonesia.
According to him, seeing the progress of the country, he also coveted the same thing for Indonesia.
“Therefore, I have also conveyed Indonesia's desire to move forward through the use of sustainable energy. With full confidence I said in front of all delegates that with all the mineral wealth we have, Indonesia is ready to enter the global supply chain for electric and environmentally friendly vehicles," Pandjaitan said.
He also thanked Minister Mazroui for the “meaningful gift” from Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan in the form of the establishment of a mosque and Islamic Center.
The mosque, which will be a replica of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi, will be built in Surakarta City.
"I convey that all the people of Indonesia and the UAE should be proud because they both have visionary and friendly leaders like President @jokowi and Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. I am sure that if there are many leaders like both, then the world will be a better place for everyone,” he stated.
Pandjaitan said the strong commitment brought by Indonesia and the UAE to transforming the economies of the two countries into economies based on knowledge, innovation, and technology would create a big leap for the world, especially amid the economic downturn caused by the current pandemic.
"I hope Minister Suhail's visit and the strong leadership of the two leaders of these friendly countries can bring great benefits to the welfare of the two countries,” he remarked. (antaranews)
March
Indonesia Ranks Second Fastest Vaccination in ASEAN
Written by Nur Yasmin
Mar. 8 - Indonesia ranks second in the fastest vaccination in ASEAN.
Quoting Reuters, Sunday (7/3/2021), a vaccination race is inevitable because vaccination is the key to breaking the chain of the pandemic, which in turn will again accelerate the pace of the economy of each country.
There are at least five vaccines that are popularly used: Pfizer (the United States / US), Sinovac (China), AstraZeneca (Europe), Sputnik (Russia), Novavax (US), and Johnson & Johnson (US).
Apart from that, there is the Covax vaccine developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to suppress the egocentrism effect of developed countries in fighting over vaccines. Most recently, Italy blocked the delivery of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine to Australia.
The pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca requested permission to ship 250,000 doses of vaccines from its factory in Anagni, Italy. However, the Italian government refused the request.
In the midst of such competition, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is optimistic that vaccination in Indonesia can be completed in 1 year. He ordered Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin to speed up the vaccination process.
"I have also ordered the vaccination process for approximately 181.5 million Indonesians to be completed before the end of 2021," he said some time ago in an official statement uploaded on the Youtube channel of the Presidential Secretariat.
Currently, Indonesia has received a supply of 11.7 million additional vaccines for the second phase of vaccination. According to the Ministry of Health, the government this year targets to secure 340.5 million doses of vaccine from five brands, namely Sinovac (125.5 million), AstraZeneca (59 million), Covax (54 million), Novavax (52 million), and Pfizer (50 million). million).
By the first quarter of 2022, it is expected that there will be an additional 86.3 million doses of vaccine from the five producers. Thus, during that period, it is expected that 426.8 million doses of vaccine will be collected to be given to 260 million Indonesians.
It is known that the Covid-19 vaccination using the Sinovac vaccine from China is carried out through two stages of injection. Recipients of the second injection, number is equivalent to 0.4 percent of the total population in Indonesia. Still very small.
In comparison, Singapore has currently injected phase two vaccines into its 215,000 citizens, or the equivalent of 3.7 percent of its population. This places the City State at the top of the country with the fastest vaccination rates in the Region.
However, Indonesia's vaccination performance deserves thumbs up because so far it has only lost compared to Singapore.
In fact, Indonesia is the country with the most populous population in Southeast Asia. According to the records of Our World in Data, Indonesia is better positioned than the five ASEAN member countries in terms of the number of injections per 100 population. (RRI)
March
Indonesia's Covid-19 Test Is Far From WHO Standards
Written by Nur Yasmin
Mar. 8 - The Covid-19 tests carried out in Indonesia are far from the standards set by the World Health Organization (WHO).
WHO has set a standard of screening 1: 1,000 population per week. With data on Indonesia's population of 270.2 million people, naturally around 270 thousand people are examined per week, as reported by CNN Indonesia, Sunday (7/3/2021).
Starting from the first case of March 2, 2020 to March 1, 2021, the number of tests carried out by the Indonesian government was 7,213,192 people with a total of 10,834,875 specimens.
This means that only 2.67 out of 270.2 million Indonesians were examined.
The government continues to strive to reduce the spread of the Corona virus.
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) also extended the micro PPKM in a number of areas which will end soon on March 8, 2021.
PPKM Mikro which was implemented on February 9-21 is claimed to have produced positive statistics, namely the increase in positive cases of the Coronavirus tended to decrease in the seven provinces of Java-Bali.
Likewise with cases of death, also decreased in the seven provinces are DKI Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, East Java, DI Yogyakarta, Banten, and Bali.
The government is also implementing a national vaccination program that started some time ago.
Jokowi targets that the Covid-19 vaccination can target 181 million people to create herd immunity or group immunity.
Previously reported, positive cases of Covid-19 increased by 5,826 people on Sunday (7/3/2021).
Thus, the total number of positive cases in Indonesia reached 1,379,662 people since the first case was announced on March 2, 2020.
As reported by CNN Indonesia, of this number, 1,194,656 people (an increase of 5,146 people) were declared cured, and 37,226 people (an increase of 112 people) died.
Meanwhile, there were 147,740 active cases, with an additional 568 compared to Saturday (6/3/2021).
Previously, positive cases of Covid-19 were exactly a pandemic year in Indonesia, reaching 1,347,026 on March 2, 2021. Of these, 1,160,863 were declared cured and 36,518 died. (RRI)
March
National Covid-19, Positive Cases Reach 1,379,662
Written by Nur Yasmin
Mar. 8 - Positive cases of Covid-19 increased by 5,826 people on Sunday (7/3/2021).
Thus, the total number of positive cases in Indonesia reached 1,379,662 people since the first case was announced on March 2, 2020.
As reported by CNN Indonesia, of this number, 1,194,656 people (an increase of 5,146 people) were declared cured, and 37,226 people (increased by 112 other people) died.
Meanwhile, there were 147,740 active cases, with an additional 568 compared to Saturday (6/3/2021).
Previously, positive cases of Covid-19, exactly one year of the pandemic in Indonesia, reached 1,347,026 on March 2, 2021.
Of these, 1,160,863 were declared cured and 36,518 died. (RRI)
March
Indonesia, UAE agree on cooperation for creative economic development
Written by nuke
Indonesia and UEA agree to strengthen cooperation in developing creative economy ANTARA/HO-Birkom Kemenparekraf
Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to cooperate in developing the creative economy, especially in the sub-sectors of architecture, fashion, design, art, and publication.
"I believe that bilateral ties between Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates will increasingly become stronger due to the G-to-G that we signed today. Two of them deal with cooperation for development of the creative economy," Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy /Chief of the Tourism and Creative Economy Board Sandiaga Uno stated on Friday.
The cooperation was marked with the hybrid signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Sandiaga Uno from Manado, North Sulawesi, and UAE Minister of Culture and Youth Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi from Abu Dhabi.
The MoU was inked in the presence of Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, Vice Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy/Vice Chief of the Tourism and Creative Economy Board Angela Tanoesoedibjo, Indonesian Ambassador to UAE Husin Bagis, and UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Suhail Mohamed Faraj Al Mazrouei on the occasion of "Indonesia-Emirates Amazing Week (IEAW) 2021 in Jakarta.IEAW 2021 was initiated by the Indonesian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy and several relevant ministries and institutions under the efforts to intensify cooperation between both nations in various fields.
The two countries got into discussions over the MoU on creative economy when they attended the World Conference on Creative Economy (WCCE) held in Bali in 2018. The conference, the first of its kind held at the global level, was initiated by Indonesia as a legal umbrella to hold the second WCCE in Dubai in December 2021 on the sidelines of the World Expo 2021.
In addition to the MoU on creative economy, Deputy for Resources and Institution at the Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy Wisnu Bawa Tarunajaya and Undersecretary of the UAE Ministry of Culture and Youth Mubarak Al Nakhi signed the Technical Arrangement WCCE 2021 (TA WCCE 2021) virtually.TA WCCE 2021 focuses on outlining role and responsibility of parties pertaining to the preparations for and the holding of WCCE 2021.
Uno highlighted that Indonesia, as the pioneer of WCCE, is proud of the UAE's plan to organize the next WCCE in Dubai on the sidelines of the World Expo 2021.
Hence, the signing of the MoU and WCCE Technical Arrangement document is relevant to the current situation//ANT
March
A healthcare worker records data of senior citizens at a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination program in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta on March 3, 2021. (ANTARA FOTO/Muhammad Adimaja/aww)
The number of Indonesians receiving their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine rose by 127,492 to reach 2,413,615 as of Friday afternoon, according to the Task Force for COVID-19 Handling.
Meanwhile, 14,309 additional people received the second shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, bringing the total count to 1,114,537 since the country rolled out the vaccination campaign on January 13, 2021.
Indonesia reported 6,971 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 6,331 recoveries in the 24 hours ending 12 p.m. Western Indonesian Time (WIB) on Friday.In total, the number of COVID-19 cases reached 1,368,069, while the number of recoveries were recorded at 1,182,687 as of Friday.
With 129 more deaths, the number of fatalities due to COVID-19 reached 37,026.
In the day ending 12 p.m. WIB on Friday, the number of suspected cases reached 66,546, while 36,107 specimens were examined in laboratories for detecting the virus. The number of active cases, or patients under treatment, increased by 511 to touch 148,356.The government has set a target of inoculating 181,554,465 people, or 70 percent of the total population of Indonesia, to build herd immunity against the coronavirus//ANT