Day: January 31, 2022

VP asks NU to optimize potential at national, global level

Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has urged Indonesia’s largest Muslim-based organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), to optimize its potential at the national and international level. He made the appeal at the inauguration of the Nahdlatul Ulama’s executive board (PBNU) for the 2022–2027 period and the 96th-anniversary commemoration of NU in Balikpapan, East

President expresses gratitude to NU’s commitment to Pancasila

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) expressed his gratitude to the national Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama’s (NU’s) commitment to safeguarding the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia and national ideology of Pancasila. The president’s remarks were delivered to participants at NU’s 96th anniversary commemoration and inauguration of the organization’s executive committee

Young workers constitute majority of COVID-19 cases: health office

Young workers in the age bracket of 21-30 years constituted the largest chunk of COVID-19 cases in December 2021-January 2022, including those infected with the Omicron variant, according to the Jakarta Health Office’s data. “It means that these young workers in the age group of 21-30 years are fresh graduates

Women capable of becoming agents of entrepreneurial development

Women are capable of becoming the instruments of public empowerment by functioning as resilient agents in entrepreneurial development, Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Minister Teten Masduki stated. “The Womenpreneurs Indonesia Networks (WIN) is expected to strengthen the entrepreneurial business ecosystem conducted by women,” he noted through a press

Self-isolation sufficient for asymptomatic COVID patients: Sadikin

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said that self-isolation should suffice for people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 but exhibit no symptoms or only have minor symptoms. “We have anticipated that the current COVID-19 case surge will put greater pressure on hospitals, and as the Omicron variant has a

Omicron to infect more people than Delta strain: govt

The highly transmissible Omicron variant could likely trigger a higher increase in COVID-19 infections compared to the spike caused by the Delta strain in 2021, the government has said. Citing data from various sources, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, said the actual hospitalization rate caused