Indonesia Highlights: Indonesia to Evaluate Collective Leave Days due to Covid-19 | 89.2 Percent of Health Care Workers in Jakarta Receive First Covid-19 Vaccine Dose | Indonesian Soldier Killed in Gu

KOMPAS.com – As the number of Covid-19 cases continues to increase, the Indonesian government is planning to evaluate the usual collective leave days this year.

Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy and other relevant ministers will hold a meeting to discuss the matter next week.

Meanwhile, Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria called on the members of the public to remain patient while waiting for their turn to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Riza said that 89.2 percent or over 100,000 health care workers in Jakarta have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

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Indonesia to Evaluate Collective Leave Days due to Covid-19

Indonesia’s Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy said that to contain the spread of Covid-19 the government will evaluate the collective leave days this year.

"Insya Allah [God willing], we will evaluate it next week. There may be a reduced leave schedule," he said on the sidelines of a blood drive in Surabaya on Tuesday, February 16.

The minister, however, has yet explained how many collective leave days will be removed because it will be discussed with the relevant ministries.

The initiative aims to stem the spread of the Covid-19 as the increasing number of confirmed cases will usually increase after the holidays.

As of Monday, February 15, the National Covid-19 Task Force recorded that the number of confirmed cases in Indonesia reached more than 1.2 million cases.

Source: https://regional.kompas.com/read/2021/02/16/16182421/menko-pmk-jadwal-cuti-bersama-2021-akan-dievaluasi-untuk-kendalikan-covid-19.

89.2 Percent of Health Care Workers in Jakarta Receive First Covid-19 Vaccine Dose

KOMPAS.com/SINGGIH WIRYONO Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria speaks with members of the media in the city hall on Monday, January 11, 2021.

Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria said on Tuesday that 89.2 percent of the total health care workers in Jakarta have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

“The first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine has been given to 100,115 health care workers or 89.2 percent of its total number [in Jakarta],” Riza said on February 16.

Riza further added that 50,692 or 45.1 percent of the total registered health care workers in Jakarta have received their second dose of the vaccine.

He said no significant issues were found in the implementation of the Covid-19 vaccination in Jakarta.

He called on the people not to be careless but be patient while waiting for their turn in receiving the vaccine. Every Jakarta resident, he said, will receive a Covid-19 vaccination.

Source: https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2021/02/16/22022931/vaksinasi-dosis-pertama-tenaga-kesehatan-di-jakarta-capai-892-persen.

Indonesian Soldier Killed in Gun Battle with Papuan Insurgents

Dokumentasi TNI A file photo of Indonesian military (TNI) personnel during a patrol in Sugapa district in Intan Jaya regency, Papua.

An Indonesian Military ( TNI) personnel, Private 2nd Class (Prada) Ginanjar Arianda, died in a gun battle with an armed criminal group (KKB) in Mamba Village, Intan Jaya Regency, Papua on Monday, February 15.

Ginanjar, one of the members of the Raider 400 Task Force Team, was shot in his stomach and died during the evacuation to Mimika by helicopter.

"The body was brought to Mimika at around 9:30 am local time and had arrived at the Infantry Brigades (Brigif) unit," said Assistant Chief of Staff for Regional Military Command III Brigadier General Suswatyo in a telephone interview on Monday.

Suswatyo added that the firefight in Mamba Village took place at 08.20 am. The TNI personnel found a shell with the bullet at the scene.

Suswatyo denied other victims from the gun battle. He also did not provide further details regarding the chronology of the incident. "There was only a victim and no one else was injured.

The location of the incident was in Sugapa District in Intan Jaya Regency where they were involved in gunfire," Suswatyo said.

Since January, the armed criminal groups are constantly spreading terror and disturbing the lives of the people in Papua. The brutal acts were continuously carried out in the area, killing not only the security forces but also residents.

Source: https://go.kompas.com/read/2021/02/16/170936074/indonesian-soldier-killed-in-gun-battle-with-papuan-insurgents.