Day: July 9, 2022

FMD vaccination coverage tops 80% in East Java

Foot-and-mouth (FMD) vaccinations under the first phase of the cattle immunization program in East Java have crossed the 80-percent mark. “This is thanks to the hard work of all elements that the vaccination achievement for the first phase is quite high,” acting governor of East Java, Emil Elestianto Dardak, said

Batang preparing human resources to meet KITB manpower needs

The Batang district government, Central Java, said it is preparing local human resources by providing them job training to meet the potential manpower needs of the Batang Integrated Industrial Estate (KITB). It has been confirmed that as many as 14 companies will start operations at KITB by mid-2023, acting district

Aceh deploys teams to supervise slaughter of Qurbani animals

The Animal Husbandry Office of Aceh province has deployed teams to supervise the slaughter of Qurbani (sacrificial) animals for Eid al-Adha to check the spread of the foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease among livestock. “They will be tasked with checking whether all the Qurbani animals are free of FMD,” Head of the

19 hotspots detected in North Sumatra on Saturday: BMKG

As many as 19 hotspots were detected by Tera, Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA20 satellites in several parts of North Sumatra on Saturday, according to the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG). Of the 19 hotspots, two were detected in Dairi and Labuhanbatu districts each, five in Humbang Hasundutan district, four

Himbara arranges 300 sacrificial cows for communities

The State-Owned Banks Association (Himbara), which comprises Bank Negara Indonesia, Bank Rakyat Indonesia, Bank Mandiri, and Bank Tabungan Negara, has provided 300 sacrificial cows for communities in Banten, West Java, and East Java. The provision of sacrificial cows is part of a joint collaboration by the four banks under their

Indonesia logs 2,705 new COVID-19 cases

Indonesia’s COVID-19 cases increased by 2,705 as of 12 p.m. local time on Saturday, the COVID-19 Handling Task Force reported. According to data received from the task force by ANTARA, with the additional cases, the total number of infections reached 6,108,729. The provinces that recorded the highest number of cases on