Cut off from coronavirus government support and with few immediate job prospects, many students are desperate.
Health
Government needs to distribute emergency funds to virus-hit households but bureaucracy is hamstrung by poor data and fear.
Entangling universities with geopolitics can mean a bad student experience has a far broader cost.
Badminton is part of the national identity, and the only sport in which Indonesia has won an Olympic gold medal.
Workers who earn a monthly income of less than Rp 5 million ($345) will receive Rp 600,000 per month from the government over four months.
Indonesia is likely to have hit one million cases of coronavirus already – nearly 10 times its official number – two of the country’s leading epidemiologists say.
Nearly four years after Indonesia passed its Law on Disability, the government has finally introduced a regulatory framework for students with disabilities.
As Victoria enters a COVID-19 induced state of disaster, more transparency is needed between emergency response public health measures and their economic, social and political consequences.
WHO reports that as of July 26 the city’s bed occupancy rate – the number of people hospitalised divided by the number of beds – stood at 66.9 percent.
Epidemiologists have suggested that Jakarta is still the epicenter of the Indonesian outbreak and that residents in neighbouring areas should remain vigilant.
“The colonial government officials routinely drove around in cars to raise awareness about the disease and tell people to stay at home, wear masks and maintain cleanliness.”
Indonesia experts talk about the impact the pandemic is having on jobs, particularly on vulnerable workers in the country’s massive informal sector.
In the absence of a unified message from the national government, local officials and opportunists have filled the gap with misinformation and quack remedies.
Robots working in abattoirs, sky-high vertical farms and automated farming systems could all help guarantee food supply in the next pandemic.
State-owned company PT Bio Farma is looking for volunteers to assist in the clinical trial of a COVID-19 candidate vaccine developed with Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech.
Local beliefs about pregnancy and childbirth are often found to be contrary to modern medical knowledge, and often endanger the condition of the mother.
