Day: December 30, 2021

Family assistance team to help tackle child stunting: Bali’s BKKBN

A family assistance team stationed at every village will help address the problem of stunting in children, Head of Bali’s National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) Ni Luh Gede Sukardiasih stated. “This family assistance team comprises midwives and cadres of the PKK (Development of Family Welfare) and KB (Family

CFN applicable in Jakarta’s 11 areas during New Year holidays

Directorate of Traffic of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police will conduct a crowd-free night (CFN) in 11 areas from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. Western Indonesian Standard Time between December 31, 2021, and January 2, 2022. “The implementation of CFN is extended from the New Year’s Eve as a precautionary measure

New Year holidays: Jakarta tourist sites to open for half day

Museums and tourism attractions in Jakarta will remain open for half a day on New Year’s Eve on Friday (December 31, 2021) and the New Year holiday on Saturday (January 1, 2022), an official has informed. Ancol Dreamland in North Jakarta, Beautiful Indonesia in Miniature Park in East Jakarta, and

Jambi Police uncover child abuse case involving 30 victims

Jambi Police have arrested a 52-year-old Jakarta nightclub owner and three others in connection with a pedophilia case involving 30 girls aged between 13 and 15 years. The nightclub owner has been identified by his initials as S alias KK. The other three suspects have been identified as R (36),

Sulianto S hospital looking into hypercoagulopathy in Omicron patients

The medical team at the Sulianti Saroso Infectious Diseases Hospital (RSPI SS), Jakarta is still studying hypercoagulopathy in patients infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19, an official informed on Thursday. Hypercoagulopathy is a condition characterized by an increased tendency to form blood clots in blood vessels. “We have standardized

Health tourism has great potential in Indonesia: IPI

There are six health tourism sectors in Indonesia, which draw from local knowledge, that can be developed further to beat competition from other Southeast Asian nations, the Indonesia Tourism Forum (IPI) has said. “We need to combine health tourism, medical tourism, and wellness tourism in a broader sense,” IPI patron Guntur