Day: August 9, 2021

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) has said it will ensure that children who lose their parents due to COVID-19 get the level of care they need.

“We have made a data management protocol and foster protocol for children infected and affected by COVID-19; children whose parents/caregivers/guardians are infected by COVID-19; as well as children whose parents have died because of COVID-19,” PPPA Minister Bintang Puspayoga said in a press release issued here on Monday.

The ministry has also issued a circular to provincial governments on preparing data on children who are separated from their parents due to self-isolation or death so they can get assistance and care, she informed.

Furthermore, the ministry has launched a call center number (129) and WhatsApp number (08111-129-192) where people can report children whose parents have died of COVID-19, she added.

“We also continue promoting the provisions for child protection, child care, child adoption and guardianship,” the minister said. The ministry is also taking preventive measures by optimizing the #BERJARAK movement to ensure women and children are safe and protected from COVID-19, Puspayoga said.

It is also optimizing Community-Based Integrated Child Protection (PATBM) to help families adapt to new habits during the COVID-19 pandemic, she informed.

“The PATBM knows the best about the children in their community. It can coordinate community-based care or find a substitute caregiver for the children separated with their families due to COVID-19,” she said.

The ministry is also trying to optimize the role of families in protecting children from COVID-19, she informed. It is children’s right to be well-cared by their own parents or their foster families, she stressed.

Source: Antara News

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno on Monday visited the vaccination center at Terminal 3 (T3) of the Soekarno Hatta (Soetta) International Airport, which was set up to support the national vaccination program.

“I appreciate the collaboration between state-owned airport operator AP (Angkasa Pura) II, Traveloka, and the Health Ministry. To achieve herd immunity, we need to collaborate,” he said in a written statement received here on Monday.

Furthermore, he said that the nation’s vaccination program aims to reach two million vaccinations per day, as announced by President Joko Widodo.

He lauded the establishment of a vaccine center at the airport, saying it was a good innovation for helping tourists and citizens get vaccinated easily.

Currently, the government is preparing to integrate the PeduliLindung application with vaccination data from all regions, he noted.

In the future, he said, the mobility of residents, such as to restaurants, tourist attractions, and public places, will depend on their vaccination status. They will be asked to show a vaccine certificate in such places, he added. “The vaccine center at this airport needs to be appreciated because not many airports abroad offer vaccination centers,” he remarked.

The minister said that the acceleration of vaccinations in the country has continued to improve. Stocks of medicines, vaccine doses, and oxygen have also continued to increase, he added.

Therefore, with more vaccination centers established, it is hoped that the country will achieve community immunity, and the economy will recover in order to create more employment opportunities, Uno said.

In a bid to reduce COVID-19 transmission and build herd immunity, the Indonesian government launched a nationwide vaccination program on January 13, 2021.

According to data provided by the Health Ministry, as of August 9, 2021, 51,396,079 Indonesians have received the first dose of vaccine and 24,888,506 citizens have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Source: Antara News