Day: December 17, 2021

COVID-19 Task Force encourages mobility restriction to prevent Omicron

The COVID-19 Handling Task Force encourages efforts to limit mobility during the Christmas and New Year holidays to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 recently detected in Indonesia. Head of the COVID-19 Task Force’s Behavioral Change Department, Sonny Harry Harmadi, noted that the strategy to prevent the

Ministry’s Geological Agency raises Mt. Semeru’s status to Level 3

The Geological Agency of the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry raised the status of Mount Semeru in Lumajang District, East Java Province, from Level 2 (Watch) to Level 3 (Advisory). “It has been raised since December 16, 2021, at 11 p.m. Western Indonesia Standard Time (WIB),” the agency’s head, Eko

Government urges churches to form COVID-19 task force

The Indonesian government has required church administrators holding offline worship to form a COVID-19 task force and monitor the implementation of the health protocols in the church environment. “The church’s COVID-19 task force may consist of church managers, church fellowship associations, behavior change ambassadors, or volunteers,” spokesperson for Indonesia’s COVID-19

Jember earthquake reminder of substandard building construction: BMKG

A destructive earthquake that damaged some buildings in the south of Jember, East Java, is a reminder that the structures are yet not qualified as earthquake-resistant, an official stated. “If the 5.0-magnitude earthquake can already damage house buildings, what will happen if an earthquake at 6.0 to 8.0 magnitude strikes?”

Ministry commends sugar factory development in East Sumba remote area

The Industry Ministry applauded PT Muria Sumba Manis’ (MSM’s) development of a sugar factory in the remote area of East Sumba District, ENT, as it would support the government to boost eastern Indonesia’s economy. “We hope that the investment would support efforts to achieve self-sufficiency in sugar and improve the