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A new drug developed by UK scientists to treat Covid-19 patients is being trialed at University Hospital Southampton.  Developed by UK biotech company Synairgen, it uses a protein called interferon beta, which our bodies produce when we get a viral infection. Initial results from the trial are expected by the end of June. There are currently few effective treatments for coronavirus with doctors relying on patients' immune systems//bbc

Mining Advocacy Network coordinator, Merah Johansyah Ismail, on Sunday’s press conference suspects that the drafting of the much-debated work of an omnibus bill has been driven by the interests of coal and mineral corporations. Ismail claims that there are seven coal and mineral corporations that control 60-70 percent of Indonesia’s national coal production. According to him, the permits of three of the corporations are about to expire by the end of this year. He suspects that the coal and mineral corporations have interests in the cluster overseeing mining within the omnibus bill under Article 169A on automatic permit extension without having to undergo the process of handing back permits to the government and an auction. The coal and mineral Law (UU Minerba) controls this by requiring corporations to hand back the permits to the government as it expires. Coal corporations must also adjust their mining areas to the maximum extent overseen under the same law, which is 15,000 hectares//tempo

Producers of fresh food-producing milk, meat, and beef meatballs are starting to shift to the realm of digital business amid the COVID-19 pandemic that is encouraging people to use more e-commerce services. Commercial Director of PT Great Giant Livestock, Dayu Ariasintawati, in Jakarta on Sunday, said the company is one of the producers of fresh food that has turned to meet the needs of consumers through online services as well as wanting to prove that e-commerce is promising.Changing consumer patterns is a challenge, especially for fresh products such as meat, meatballs, and milk that do not use preservatives and must be stored frozen and chilled to keep them cool and in the best condition for consumers. This is a business challenge when a pandemic occurs.Therefore, he expands the business because he wants to meet the needs of consumers who are now turning more to e-commerce. Products will be shipped with the Go-Jek or Grab service for "sameday service" delivery so that consumers get the product on the same day as the order//Ant

The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) encourages the application of the Minapadi system or fish pond cultivation in the middle of paddy fields, in order to maintain the supply of freshwater fish in the archipelago during the COVID-19 pandemic.KKP Aquaculture Director-General, Slamet Soebjakto, in a press release in Jakarta on Sunday, said that Minapadi is an aquaculture innovation model that can provide multiple benefits, the Minapadi system can be one of the right solutions to be implemented, especially amid the economic downturn due to the pandemic.Slamet Soebjakto said that various advantages of the Minapadi fish culture system such as being able to produce organic rice with an increase in rice yield of 2-3 tons and additional income from fish at least 1 ton of fish per hectare make this system as one of the right models to improve the economic level the farmer.Besides that, another advantage is that when the rice production process does not use pesticides and is minimal in the use of fertilizers so that the total farmers can get an additional income of up to 40 percent. Thus, through minapadi, people not only get rice but also get fish as protein intake//Ant