(Rappler)
Indonesia has again raised the budget for its National Economic Recovery (PEN) program, which includes its mass vaccination campaign, to now reach 688.33 trillion rupiah ($49.48 billion), its finance minister said on Monday, February 15.
Initially earmarked at 372.3 trillion rupiah, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has gradually lifted the program’s budget several times. Earlier this month, she put the value at 619 trillion rupiah.