Indonesia

The University of North Sumatra (USU) conducted a campus lockdown of all activities following a number of lecturers who tested positive for the coronavirus (Covid-19). One of them has died from the coronavirus disease. The campus closure will be conducted for one week, from 27 July to 2 August 2020. The decision was stated in the Circular Letter of Rector …

The limitation of medical devices is one of the obstacles in handling coronavirus outbreaks (Covid-19) in Indonesia. Although Indonesia received a number of ventilator assistance from the United States and Australia recently, a number of parties did not remain silent and tried to overcome these limitations by creating a local ventilator. The Indonesia Ventilator (Vent-I) development team at the Bandung …

The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) says many students experience psychological pressure to drop out of school due to various problems that arise during attending Distance Learning (PJJ) or online learning during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Most of them cannot access online learning. “Many children cannot access PJJ online, so many of them do not move up to class until …

The lobster seeds are still being polemic seeing the profit and loss of the policy taken by the government through the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries who opened the commodity for export. There is a considerable price difference between the price at the level of fishermen and middlemen/collectors. As conveyed by the researcher of the Center of Maritime Studies …

The ventilator assistance from the United States (US) as many 100 units have arrived in Indonesia on Wednesday, July 22. This was revealed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi on Thursday. “This is the first stage of delivery of a total of 1,000 ventilator units that will arrive gradually,” she said in a virtual press conference from Jakarta …

The Kupang Water Conservation Area Agency (BKKPN) examined carcass of a blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) stranded on Nunhila Beach, Alak District, Kupang City, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), before burying it. The 29-meter blue whale carcass with an estimated weight of 100 tons is planned to be buried at Pantai Air Cina, Lifuleo Village, Kupang Tengah District, Kupang Regency. “Before being …

In an effort to eradicate illegal fishing in Indonesia, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) will strengthen personnel in the field by providing more adequate weapons. Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo plans to spend 200 weapons in the Assault Rifle 2 (SS2) made by PT Pindad (Persero). “This year the weaponry on the surveillance ship …

Corona vaccine clinical trials that come from the Chinese biopharmaceutical company, Sinovac Biotech, in collaboration with PT Bio Farma have entered the third phase. Previous clinical trials stage 1 and 2 have taken place in China. The meeting was held between the Faculty of Medicine Research Team of Padjajaran University and President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta …

The pirates who often operate in the waters of the Jakarta Bay were arrested by the Directorate of Water and Air Police of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police. This group of pirates has been operating to rob fishing vessels since three years ago and always haunting the fishermen who were sailing or going home after fishing. The pirates that using an …

It seems that digital companies based in the United States (US) that operate in several countries including Indonesia, such as streaming services Netflix, social media Facebook, digital music streaming Spotify, also giant e-commerce Amazon, cannot yet be charged digital tax in the near future. This was stated by Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani who said that Indonesia and the major …