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 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 …

METRO MANILA – Educational theme park KidZania Manila, an amusement facility owned by ABS-CBN Corporation, will be permanently cease operations by August 31, 2020 due to the long-term effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Accordingg to ABS-CBN subsidiary Play Innovations Incorporated, the company has decided to closed down the KidZania Manila’s operations after complying with the government’s effort of preventing the …

MANILA – Philippine Army are boosting the farming and production of foods in an effort to further develop the agricultural sector and help the country’s food security brought upon the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Army spokesperson Col. Ramon Zagala, The program called “Green Camp” is a project with coordination with the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Tarlac Heritage Foundation Inc. …

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 …

KUALA LUMPUR – If the government decides to convert some of the hotels into a quarantine centres one again, it will suffer more losses, says Malaysian Associations of Hotels (MAH). MAH Chief Executive Officer Yap Lip Seng said that if the government went ahead with the plan of converting hoteles to quarantine facilities for Malaysians returning from abroad, The industry …

In the midst of the anxiety of people with many cases of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, many people are also hoping for the presence of this virus vaccine soon. In Indonesia, efforts to find a vaccine is being continued. There are two ways, through cooperation with other countries and purely by local researchers. Covid-19 vaccine from a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, …

People come together in crowds, we are more likely to come into close contact with others and it is more difficult to maintain physical distance in the midst of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. One of the advice is people are asked to wear masks when outside the house. Therefore, railway operator Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) issued a new regulation that commuter …