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President Joko Widodo and his US counterpart Donald Trump discussed cooperation, to address the dearth of medical equipment and personal protection equipment or PPE,  in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Both leaders discussed the need for equipment, including ventilators and masks. President Joko Widodo held a telephonic conversation with President Donald Trump, on Friday night from the Bogor Presidential PalaceAs quoted by Antara News Agency, Trump said that Indonesia is an important country for the United State and need to continue to strengthen cooperation between both countries.Trump drew attention to the fact that the US had produced ventilators and will dispatch them to Indonesia once ready. The cooperation will be followed up by the teams appointed by each respective nation.Both leaders exchanged ideas on COVID-19 handling, and President Jokowi lauded the cooperation between Indonesia and the US in facing the global pandemic.Both also expressed their condolences to the people of each country that died of coronavirus infection//Ant

China is in the throes of a multibillion-dollar splurge on new football stadiums, ramping up ambitions to be a superpower in the sport and host a World Cup as early as 2030. As quoted by AFP.com, the building spree is taking place despite the coronavirus pandemic, which has brought much of the world to a standstill, ravaging economies and putting live sport on hold. But with the outbreak receding in China, where it emerged in December, Chinese Super League (CSL) champions, Guangzhou Evergrande, last week began construction on their 12 billion yuan ($1.7 billion) new home. With a capacity of 100,000, the lotus flower-shaped stadium will for a time trump Barcelona's Camp Nou -- which is set for expansion -- as the world's biggest football arena, once it is completed by the end of 2022//AFP

Muslims across the world began marking the holy month of Ramadan, under unprecedented coronavirus lockdowns on Friday, as the US added another half a trillion dollars to an economic support package, and Europe groped towards its own huge rescue plan. Ramadan spirits have been dampened by movement restrictions on hundreds of millions of Muslims from Southeast Asia to the Middle East and Africa, with bans on prayers in mosques and large gatherings of families and friends to break the daily fast -- a centrepiece of the month. But despite the coronavirus threat, some clerics and conservatives in many countries including Bangladesh, Pakistan and Indonesia -- the world's largest Muslim-majority nation -- have pushed back against social distancing rules, refusing to stop gatherings in mosques//AFP

University of Indonesia's Nursing School is running a COVID-19 Crisis Center, to provide consultation and counseling services, to people and medical workers in wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The counseling team includes lecturers at the nursing school and experienced nurses. As quoted by Antara News Agency, Dean of the University of Indonesia Nursing School, Agus Setiawan in a statement on Friday stated, the School established the crisis center when the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic. Setiawan revealed that  the university created a special team to educate people on COVID-19 transmission, prevention, and symptoms, along with issues around mental health during a pandemic//Ant