Jakarta (ANTARA) – The hospital bed occupancy rate on Java Island, including in Jakarta, is above 90 percent owing to the recent surge in coronavirus cases, said Dr. Isman Firdaus, chairman of the Indonesian Cardiovascular Specialist Doctors Association (PERKI) . “We have been overwhelmed. Usually the Bed Occupancy Rate (BOR)
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The domestic recycling industry has the capacity to process just two million tons of plastic waste out of the 6.8 million tons of waste produced in the country, a government official has said. “Only two million tons could be processed, it would need more investment to process
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi is on a visit to Italy to attend the Group of 20 (G20) ministers meeting. Prior to the series of meetings involving G20 foreign ministers in Bari and Matera, Minister Marsudi met her Italian and Canadian counterparts, Luigi Di Malo and
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian Society of Respirology (PDPI) has urged the public and all agencies to take the COVID-19 pandemic more seriously to prevent a spike in infections, as witnessed in India recently. “This pandemic needs to be handled more seriously so it doesn’t lead to a situation like
Jakarta (ANTARA) – With COVID-19 vaccines produced by China’s Sinovac receiving regulatory approval for use in children, vaccinations will be rolled out for 12- to 17-year-olds soon, President Joko Widodo has said. “We are thankful for the issuance of the EUA (emergency-use authorization) by the BPOM (Food and Drugs Supervisory