Indonesia Highlights: Indonesia Receives Third Batch of Covid-19 Vaccines From AstraZeneca | Indonesia Still Has Much to Do to Reach Herd Immunity | Indonesian Police Arrest 3 Men For Protesting Eid

“The number of Indonesians who received their second Covid-19 vaccination numbered 8.583.854 people, or 21.27 percent of the nationwide target,” said the Ministry of Health’s website at www.vaksin.kemkes.go.id on Saturday.

The website noted that the figures are lower than the 13,284,422 people who received their first shot, or 32.92 percent lower than the nationwide target for the vaccination drive.

The figure of less than 22 million is lower than “the 40,349,049 people designated to be fully vaccinated in the first two stages.” The website revealed that most of those who received their vaccinations are from the health sector, public officials, and the elderly.

Less than 1.5 million health workers or 100.9 percent have received their first shot, while 1,364, 073 of them have received their second jabs. Of 17 million public officials, more than nine million received their first shot, while 5.4 million others have received their second shot.

Source:

https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2021/05/08/17172771/update-8-mei-858-juta-orang-sudah-divaksin-covid-19-dosis-kedua-1328-juta. 

Indonesian Police Arrest 3 Men For Protesting Eid al-Fitr Travel Ban

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police has arrested three men for agitating against the government’s ban on mudik, or the annual homecoming travel during the Eid al-Fitr or Idul Fitri Islamic holiday between May 6 to 17.

“[The suspects] spread messages from their WhatsApp group on Friday calling on transportation companies to hold protests attoll roads in Java, Bali, and Sumatra, so as to pressure the government into lifting the holiday travel ban,” Yusri asserted on Saturday.

The suspects denied planning the unrest. “The three men claimed that they merely forwarded the message from one of their WhatsApp groups onto another group in the apps. They also maintained that they do not know the details of the activity, or even plan to participate in the protest,” he noted.

Yusri added that the police are trying to find the suspects organizing the protest. The police confiscated three cell-phones and sim cards that the three men used to forward the provocative messages.

The police charged the three men for spreading misinformation under the country’s Electronic Transaction and Information Law. If found guilty, they face up to six years in jail and a Rp. 1 billion [$70,646.40] fine.

The government imposed a total ban on homecoming travel throughout Indonesia during the Idul Fitri holiday to prevent large-scale transmission of Covid-19 cases, as well as a potential surge in the pandemic such as that which occurred in India.

Source:

https://go.kompas.com/read/2021/05/09/053405674/indonesian-police-arrest-3-men-for-protesting-eid-al-fitr-travel-ban.