/PRNewswire/ Finance Ministers and Health Ministers of the world s 20 largest economies agree to establish a ground-breaking pandemic fund to help the world.
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Jakartans are being called upon to be more vigilant and consider once again the possibility of working from home, after authorities flagged the city as the “first battleground” in the fight against the Omicron Covid-19 strain, amid worrying predictions of a third infection wave in the coming weeks.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo waxed lyrical on Monday about his administration’s success in overturning last year’s disastrous wave of Covid-19 infections as he symbolically opened the first day of 2022 trading at the bourse amid a spike in Omicron cases.
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Search A man waits in lines for free oxygen refill at Jalan Minangkabau in South Jakarta on July 15, 2021. (JG Photo/Yudha Baskoro) Gov’t Supplies Drugs, Oxygen After Weeks of Cracking Down on Exorbitant Prices BY :LENNY TRISTIA TAMBUN, NATASIA CHRISTY WAHYUNI, HERMAN, KEZIA KHO JULY 16, 2021
Jakarta. President Joko Jokowi Widodo has provided 600,000 packages of free medicine for people infected with Covid-19 in self-isolation on Thursday, kicking off a government-led drive that it hoped would curb wild speculation that drives up prices of critical supplies for the disease treatment.
The medicine package includes vitamins for infected patients with mild symptoms and prescriptions drugs for others with moderate symptoms.