An epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono asked the government to evaluate the implementation of community activity restriction (PPKM) amid the increasing number of Omicron cases. “Government must re-evaluate the PPKM leveling. The social restrictions must be changed or raised,” Wahyono said here on Sunday. He later explained that the death […]
Continue ReadingGriffith University Australia epidemiologist Dicky Budiman has cautioned on the potential third wave of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia. “The potential of the third wave is very clear. This potential is related to the population that doesn’t yet have immunity to the virus and those whose immunity has decreased,” said Dicky Budiman when contacted by ANTARA here […]
Continue ReadingOne person was injured after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province yesterday, according to official sources. The earthquake also damaged a church and several houses, the country’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said, adding that, no deaths were reported and the tremors did not potentially trigger giant waves of tsunami. The quake jolted […]
Continue ReadingEvery day, Aiden Lee joins the hundreds of thousands of people getting around Taipei on two wheels. But when most of his fellow riders head to a petrol pump to refuel, he takes his e-motorbike to one of Taiwan’s increasingly commonplace battery-swapping stations — tech its creators say could supercharge the shift from fossil fuels. […]
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Published by Philippine Star Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star January 23, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The basic education spending levels in the Philippines continue to fall behind in the region, contributing to the country’s poor performance in international standardized student assessments. In a recent study, state-run think tank Philippine Institute for […]
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Published by Philippine Star Luisa Morales – Philstar.com January 22, 2022 | 5:21pm MANILA, Philippines — There has been much fanfare for Philippine women’s national football team head coach Alen Stajcic as a showdown with his former team Australia looms at the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup on Monday. But as far as his players […]
Continue ReadingJakarta A total of 3,205 people were confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 on Saturday, with 2,889 cases involving local transmission and the rest involving transmission during international travel, the COVID-19 handling task force informed. According to data gathered by the task force, 627 patients recovered and five patients succumbed to the virus on Saturday. Meanwhile, […]
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