JAKARTA: Indonesia on Sunday (Aug 16) reported 2,081 cases of COVID-19 and 79 more deaths, according to data from Indonesia's COVID-19 governmental task force.
This takes the total number of infections in the world's fourth-most populous country to at least 139,549 cases, with more than 6,000 deaths.
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Indonesias President Joko Widodo on Friday proposed a 2,747.5 trillion rupiah (US$185 billion) budget for 2021, with measures designed to focus on accelerating economic recovery amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile the Jakarta city government decided last week to again extend a partial lockdown to control the spread of COVID-19. The lockdown will now be in place until Aug 27.
This followed an increase in the occupancy rate of COVID-19 isolation wards and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds over the past two weeks in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said on Thursday.
READ: Spike in occupancy rate for Jakarta's COVID-19 wards over the past 2 weeks
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Indonesia will be given priority access to the formula for the Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine once the candidate obtains regulatory approval, an official said on Wednesday.
This is among the benefits of Indonesia participating in the late-stage human trial of the <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/sinovac-late-stage-covid-19-vaccine-trial-indon<a href=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/covid-19-coronavirus-indonesia-new-cases-deaths-aug-16-13025312>Read More – Source</a></p>_
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JAKARTA: Indonesia on Sunday (Aug 16) reported 2,081 cases of COVID-19 and 79 more deaths, according to data from Indonesia's COVID-19 governmental task force.
This takes the total number of infections in the world's fourth-most populous country to at least 139,549 cases, with more than 6,000 deaths.
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Indonesias President Joko Widodo on Friday proposed a 2,747.5 trillion rupiah (US$185 billion) budget for 2021, with measures designed to focus on accelerating economic recovery amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile the Jakarta city government decided last week to again extend a partial lockdown to control the spread of COVID-19. The lockdown will now be in place until Aug 27.
This followed an increase in the occupancy rate of COVID-19 isolation wards and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds over the past two weeks in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said on Thursday.
READ: Spike in occupancy rate for Jakarta's COVID-19 wards over the past 2 weeks
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Indonesia will be given priority access to the formula for the Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine once the candidate obtains regulatory approval, an official said on Wednesday.
This is among the benefits of Indonesia participating in the late-stage human trial of the <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/sinovac-late-stage-covid-19-vaccine-trial-indon<a href=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/covid-19-coronavirus-indonesia-new-cases-deaths-aug-16-13025312>Read More – Source</a></p>_
