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Deputy Minister of Health Dante Saksono Harbuwono has confirmed the two cases of the new Covid-19 variant in Indonesia. "I received information that right after one year we found a B117 mutation in Indonesia," he told a press conference on Tuesday. The country detected the coronavirus disease for the first time on March 2, 2020. He said the two cases of the new variant were found on Monday evening, meaning Indonesia would face the pandemic with more difficulties. Indonesia reported the two cases of the new variant in the Karawang district, West Java province. This variant, which was first reported in Britain, is said to be more contagious. Two women with the initials M and A tested positive for the B117 coronavirus mutation. They were migrant workers in Saudi Arabia and arrived in Indonesia at the end of January 2021. When arriving at Soekarno Hatta Airport in Banten province, M and A conducted a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) swab test and showed positive for ... » Learn More about New Covid-19 variant in Indonesia gives govt more headache in fight against pandemic

Deputy Minister of Health Dante Saksono Harbuwono has confirmed the two cases of the new Covid-19 variant in Indonesia. "I received information that right after one year we found a B117 mutation in Indonesia," he told a press conference on Tuesday. The country detected the coronavirus disease for the first time on March 2, 2020. He said the two cases of the new variant were found on Monday evening, meaning Indonesia would face the pandemic with more difficulties. Indonesia reported the two cases of the new variant in the Karawang district, West Java province. This variant, which was first reported in Britain, is said to be more contagious. Two women with the initials M and A tested positive for the B117 coronavirus mutation. They were migrant workers in Saudi Arabia and arrived in Indonesia at the end of January 2021. When arriving at Soekarno Hatta Airport in Banten province, M and A conducted a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) swab test and showed positive for ... » Learn More about Indonesia surprised by new variant as Covid-19 problems linger in country

CAIRO: A United Nations humanitarian agency warned that more than 16 million people in Yemen would go hungry this year, with already some half a million people in the war-torn country living in famine-like conditions. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA, said the risk of large-scale famine in the Arab world’s poorest country “has never been more acute,” adding that the years-long conflict, economic decline and institutional collapse created enormous humanitarian needs in all sectors. The stark warning comes a day before a pledging conference co-hosted by Sweden and Switzerland. The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will appeal for $3.85 billion in relief aid for Yemen this year. The response to the UN appeal is unlikely to meet expectations, given that the coronavirus pandemic and its devastating consequences hit economies around the globe. Wealthy Gulf donors such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which contributed generously to ... » Learn More about Famine stalks 16M people in Yemen

Candidate number one has flown to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Candidate number two just wants to get back to work at City Hall, and candidate number three has opted to spend quality time with his family. That’s how the Jakarta gubernatorial candidates said they would spend their time between Feb. 11, which was the last day of the campaign period, and Feb. 15, election day. Agus flew to Mecca for umrah , or minor haj, with his celebrity wife, Anisa Pohan, on Saturday night. Anisa posted a photo of her and Agus in white clothing before leaving for umrah on her Instagram account @annisayudhoyono, with the caption: “Getting ready for umrah .” Agus’ running mate, Sylviana Murni, meanhwile, said she would stay in the city and would spend time praying. The incumbents, Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama and his running mate Djarot Saiful Hidayat, said they were ready to get back to their City Hall offices as governor and deputy governor, respectively. Ahok will inaugurate a ... » Learn More about How Jakarta election contenders await D-day after end of campaign

Srongpol Chantharueang remembers his parents telling him as a boy always to protect the local wetland forest when he grew up. They told him that the ecosystem would be important for his life and that of his community. “I didn’t understand what they meant at the time,” he told Mongabay via a video call. “I didn’t understand what the true value of the wetland forest was.” Srongpol chairs the Boon Rueang Wetland Forest Conservation Group, which partnered with international nonprofits, civil society organizations and local academic institutions to share evidence of the importance of the wetland forest for biodiversity and the local community A village leader, Srongpol lives in Ban Boon Rueang, a town in Thailand’s northern Chiang Rai province. Nestled between the Doi Yao mountain range and the lower reaches of the Ing River, a 260-kilometer (160-mile) tributary of the Mekong, Ban Boon Rueang is an unassuming town with an agrarian lifestyle that goes back generations. But in recent ... » Learn More about Chiang Rai Community Continues the Fight to Save its Wetland Forest

GENEVA: The United Nations (UN) is using the digital government technology behind vaccine passports to help developing countries provide essential services to their vulnerable populations. After a year of Zoom meetings and with vaccinations slowly rolling out, international travel is making a comeback. The demand is there even as the virus lingers. Many, especially from developing countries, need to get to work and send remittances home. Families need to catch up. Countries are getting ready to welcome back tourists. And business deals need to be struck. For this reason, governments are taking a close look at the digital vaccine passport, the post-pandemic equivalent of the yellow fever certificate that could offer the possibility of sidestepping costly reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests and quarantine requirements. The World Health Organization has cautioned against moving too quickly, noting “there are still critical unknowns regarding the ... » Learn More about Vaccine passports are controversial but their technology will bring big benefits to developing countries

Mr. Peng delivering a speech at the online Pre-MWC Shanghai 2021 Briefing 5G development beyond expectations. At Huawei's online media and analyst pre-briefing for MWC Shanghai 2021, Mr. Ritchie Peng, President of Huawei's 5G Product Line, delivered a keynote speech titled Building Optimal 5G Networks by Sustained Innovation. Two years into the commercial adoption of 5G, mobile services maintain a strong momentum, and the mobile industry is presented with many fresh, tremendous opportunities. Huawei has proposed the "1+N" 5G Target Network strategy to make achievements that will benefit all parties through sustained innovation and collaboration with customers. Mr. Peng emphasised that "Huawei will work with industry partners to figure out how to deliver ultimate user experience anytime and anywhere with 1+N 5G network." The forecasts about 5G network deployment that were made one year ago have all become a reality. The number of 5G users globally has reached 200 million, and ... » Learn More about Ritchie Peng: Building Optimal 5G Networks by Sustained Innovation