Day: July 29, 2021

DARE-19 Phase III Collaboration between AstraZeneca, Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute and George Clinical Shows Treatment’s Well-Established Safety Profile Was Consistent in Patients with COVID-19

OVERLAND PARK, KS, July 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The findings of DARE-19, a double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III trial examining Dapagliflozin in patients with cardiometabolic risk factors hospitalized with COVID-19, have been published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. The study was a collaboration of George Clinical, a global scientifically-backed

Optimize state budget to dispose COVID-19 medical waste: President

Jakarta (ANTARA) – President Joko Widodo has urged administrators to optimize the available budget for disposing COVID-19 medical hazardous and toxic (B3) waste, Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar has said. “The projected budget for the plan is Rp1.3 trillion. The President has instructed to exercise the budget for

Investment in industrial sector up 29% in first half

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Investment in Indonesia’s industrial sector rose by 29 percent to Rp167.1 trillion in the first half of 2021 from Rp129.6 trillion in the year-ago period, according to the Investment Ministry/Investment Coordinating Board (BLPM). In the first six months of 2021, the industrial sector accounted for 37.7 percent

Govt asks people to not worry about vaccine availability

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian government has appealed to the public to not worry about the availability of COVID-19 vaccine stocks, assuring it has secured 440 million doses until the end of 2021. “Yesterday (July 27, 2021), Indonesia received 21 million doses of Sinovac vaccines in bulk form, which increased

Indonesia’s fish barn targeted to contribute Rp3.71 trillion annually

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry (KKP) has targeted the National Fish Barn (LIN) Program to contribute Rp3.71 trillion each year to non-tax revenues (PNBP) owing to the vast potential in the fisheries sector. “If we (the KKP) implement the LIN, we can generate Rp3.7 trillion every

PCR test laboratories should be available across districts: minister

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has urged that PCR test laboratories be made available not only in provincial capitals but also in districts and cities. The setting up of laboratories across districts and cities aims to assist the government’s Testing, Tracking, and

Digital talents boost nation’s competitiveness: Minister Plate

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Communication and Informatics Minister Johnny G. Plate strongly believes that digital talents can bolster the nation’s competitiveness and productivity based on which the ministry held a Digital Talent Scholarship (DTS) program this year. “DTS 2021 aims to improve skills in the field of information and communication technology

MRT Jakarta subsidiaries to develop five TOD areas in Jakarta

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Mass Rapid Transit operator PT MRT Jakarta’s subsidiaries — PT Integrasi Transportasi Jakarta and PT Moda Integrasi Transportasi Jabodetabek — will develop Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) areas at five Jakarta locations, a Jakarta MRT official stated. “Our subsidiary, PT Integrasi Transportasi Jakarta, currently develops new TOD areas (at

Financial services sector sustain stability in 2021 first-semester

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Financial Services Authority (OJK) highlighted the financial services sector’s sustained stability in the 2021 first-semester, apparent from improved indicators, including banking intermediation, fundraising in capital market, and maintained prudential ratio in financial service institutions. “Although domestic economic indicators as of June still show continued recovery, the