Indonesia Highlights: Indonesia to Vaccinate the Vulnerable | Indonesian Covid-19 Cases Top 1.2 Million | Indonesian Sailors Released from Libyan Captivity

“1,004,117 people recovered from Covid-19, after the 11 thousand people were given a clean bill of health after they tested negative in PCR or other tests over 24 hours. This left the number of active cases at 165,086 people.” On the other hand, the number of suspect cases are estimated at 76,505.

The Covid-19 pandemic has been traced in 505 regencies and cities throughout Indonesia’s 34 provinces from Aceh to Papua.

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https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2021/02/12/16481301/update-12-februari-ada-165086-kasus-aktif-covid-19-di-indonesia. 

Indonesia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Releases Two Indonesians Held Hostage in Libya

The Indonesian Embassy in Rome, Italy have secured the release of two Indonesian sailors who were taken hostage by Libyan militants since the last months of 2020.

“Giri Indra Gunawan and Mohammad Samsudin are expected to arrive in Indonesia on Friday, February 12, a day after Indonesian Ambassador to Italy Esti Andayani repatriated them from Italy,” the embassy announced in a press release to Kompas.com.

“The embassy cooperated with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Cooperation to bring about their release, as soon as we heard that the men, and their fellow crew members on the ship MP Antartide, were taken hostage by the Libyan National Army [LNA] in September 2020.”

“The Italian government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte secured the release of the two and the rest of MP Antartide’s crew on December 17.”

The embassy added that the Covid-19 pandemic delayed Giri and Samsudin’s repatriation by two months. Libya has been torn apart by civil war since the fall and death of strongman Muammar Khaddafi in 2011.

Source:

https://www.kompas.com/global/read/2021/02/12/212106970/kbri-roma-berhasil-evakuasi-2-abk-wni-korban-penyanderaan-di-libya?page=all#page2