One of the factors supporting the fast spread of Omicron is that the people contracting it are suffering from mild to almost no symptoms, a researcher from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has said. “It seems that it (Omicron) spreads because people infected by it show almost no
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) handed over aid to hundreds of street vendors around the Ngawi Merdeka Square after the Friday prayers at the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque during his working visit to Ngawi District, East Java Province. The assistance handed over by Jokowi was in the form of food packages and
Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arifin Tasrif has said that his administration will set up additional thermal cameras to monitor high temperatures at Mount Semeru. “A thermal camera is installed for temperature screening at Besuk Kobokan. Hence, in the event of hot clouds, the temperature can be monitored,” Tasrif noted
Waiving the placement fee for Indonesian migrant workers could help prevent their trafficking, deputy chairman of the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan), Olivia Chadidjah Salampessy, has said. “The effort to waive Indonesian migrant workers’ placement cost is (aimed) to protect them from the debt trap, violence, exploitation,
The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is more transmissible and likely to go undetected during polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, a researcher from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has said. “Omicron is more contagious, although that statement needs to be proven further,” head of BRIN’s Eijkman Institute for Molecular
The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has encouraged the utilization of various Indonesian marine biota to be used as raw materials for the biopharmaceutical industry. Acting Head of the ministry’s Research and Human Resources Agency Kusdiantoro stated in a press release here on Friday that Indonesia is known as an