Day: July 28, 2021

PPKM: South Sumatra prepares 1,000 tons rice for social assistance

Palembang (ANTARA) – The Social Office of South Sumatra has said it has prepared one thousand tons of rice to assist residents, especially those affected by the implementation of level 4 Public Activity Restrictions (PPKM). Each beneficiary family will receive 10 kilograms of rice, which will be distributed in stages

Need global cooperation against bioterrorism: Vice Admiral Octavian

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Rector of the Indonesian Defense University (Unhan) and TNI (Indonesian Defense Forces) vice admiral, Prof. Dr. Amarulla Octavian, underlined the need for global cooperation to tackle the threat of biological terrorism at a conference on Wednesday. “COVID-19 is dangerous, as it is vulnerable to be misused as

Jakarta development on track: Sutiyoso

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Jakarta’s development, especially in mass transportation, is on track, former Jakarta governor and National Defence Forces (TNI) lieutenant general (retd.), Sutiyoso, has said. “It (the development of mass transportation) is a work of continuity from the draft of my administration,” he remarked in North Jakarta on Wednesday

BRIN developing mobile medical waste processor

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) is currently developing a small-scale mobile medical waste processor to aid medical waste collection in residential areas, the agency’s chairman, Laksana Tri Handoko, disclosed here on Wednesday. The small-scale mobile waste processor could be used in residential areas with small

Govt to maintain focus on economic recovery strategies: ministry

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The government will continue to focus on five strategies for strengthening economic recovery, following the International Monetary Fund lowering its projection of Indonesia’s 2021 economic growth by 0.4 percent from 4.3 percent to 3.9 percent. Head of the Fiscal Policy Agency of the Ministry of Finance, Febrio

Home Affairs Minister asks Indramayu to ramp up vaccinations

Indramayu (ANTARA) – Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian has asked the government of Indramayu district in West Java province to implement a strategy to accelerate COVID-19 vaccinations. “Please accelerate vaccinations and prepare scenarios so when vaccines have been received, vaccinations can be executed quickly,” he said on Wednesday while visiting