VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

Positive confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported through the Task Force for Handling COVID-19, Wednesday at 12.00 WIB increased by 4,267 cases, bringing the total COVID-19 cases in Indonesia to 373,109 cases.

Based on data from the COVID-19 Handling Task Force received in Jakarta, the number of recovered patients per day has increased by 3,856 people, so that the total number of COVID-19 patients who have recovered is 297,509.

Meanwhile, for cases of confirmed positive COVID-19 patients who have died, there have now increased by 123 people, bringing 12,857 deaths. This number is obtained from the specimens examined per day 43,586 samples.

With this increase, the cumulative number of specimens examined in Indonesia reached 4,167,210 specimens. The total number of suspects per day is 162,216 people.

Then, COVID-19 has infected 34 provinces in the country, covering 501 districts and cities.

The addition of new positive cases today was mostly reported in DKI Jakarta with 1,000 cases, West Java 657 cases, Central Java 374 cases, East Java 327 cases, Riau 313 cases, West Sumatra 279 cases, East Kalimantan 183 cases, and Banten 171 cases.

In addition, there are six provinces that reported the addition of new cases under 10 people with two of them without cases at all. The two provinces are West Kalimantan and Papua.

East Java Province is the region with the most deaths per day, namely 24 people. Then DKI Jakarta followed with 21 deaths, West Java 16 deaths, and Central Java 13 deaths.

Meanwhile, the province that reported the most recovered patients today was DKI Jakarta with 1,072 recovered, followed by West Java with 550 recovered cases, Central Java with 380 recovered cases, and East Java with 315 recovered cases.

As of today, the cumulative data on positive COVID-19 cases in Indonesia mostly occurred in DKI Jakarta with 97,217 cases followed by East Java with 49,801 cases, West Java with 31,907 cases, Central Java with 30,218 cases, and South Sulawesi with 17,690 cases.

Most recovered patients were reported in DKI Jakarta with 82,085 people, East Java with 43,671 people, Central Java with 24,704 people, West Java with 21,371 people, and South Sulawesi with 15,322 people.

Meanwhile, the highest number of deaths occurred in East Java, namely 3,606 people, followed by DKI Jakarta 2,089 people, Central Java 1,620 people, West Java 616, North Sumatra 509 people and South Kalimantan 459 people. (Antaranews)

The Vice President, Ma'ruf Amin, asked ministries and non-ministerial government agencies (K/L) and local governments to converge in implementing programs to accelerate the prevention of stunting or stunting in children.

Currently, at the central level, there are 23 K/L involved in handling stunting and all of them have their own activity programs and budgets, he said, as chairman of the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K).

"Not to mention the budget provided by the regional government and village government. Therefore, the President and I directly lead the acceleration of stunting prevention in children, especially to ensure that convergence occurs and the targets that have been set can be achieved," he said, opening the Meeting Technical Coordination for the Acceleration of Child Stuntness Prevention from Jakarta, Wednesday.

Convergence is an effort to ensure that intervention programs can be implemented properly in areas with high rates of stunting in children so that efforts to reduce the prevalence of stunting in children can be achieved.

"This convergence is necessary because in fact most of the intervention programs are already available, but not yet convergent. The reduction in the prevalence of stunting in children will be effective if a region accepts the entire program or activity," he explained.

To realize convergence in the handling of child stunting, he advised the ministers, heads of institutions, and heads of regions involved to coordinate with each other and eliminate sectoral egos.

"Every institution involved is asked to eliminate sectoral egos because convergence requires cooperation between parties," he said.

The government has the ambition to reduce the national stunting prevalence rate in children to 14 percent by 2024. In 2013, the stunting rate in children in Indonesia was recorded at 37.2 percent, and this figure continues to decline in 2018 to 30.8 percent.

Referring to data from the Ministry of Health, in 2019 there was 27.7 percent of children under five years of age (toddlers) in Indonesia who experienced stunted growth.

"This means there are about 6.5 million Indonesian toddlers who suffer from malnutrition for a long time, which then makes them experience this stunting," he said.

Therefore, the government continues to suppress the number of children with stunted growth through the fulfillment of nutrition for pregnant women and the growth of the first 1,000 days of a baby's life, to create superior and quality Indonesian human resources. (Antaranews)

The Korea Indonesia Film Festival (KIFF) will be held on 28-31
October 2020.

The screening will be carried out online via the Goplay application from Gojek and offline at CGV Bandung, Indonesia.

"There are several films that will be screened which are expected to color your day. The Swordsman film also premiered exclusively on CGV by only paying a ticket for IDR 5,000. People can watch it at the CGV cinema," said the Director of the 2020 KIFF, Rivki Morais.

Films to be screened online include The Beauty Inside, On Your Wedding Day, Architecture 101, Juror 8, A Taxi Driver, The Odd Family Zombie On Sale, The Witch: Part 1 Subversion, and Parasite.

Then, films that will be screened offline include The Swordsman, Ashfall, Beast Clawing At Straw, Train To Busan: Peninsula, Deliver Us From Evil, Gundala, Habibie & Ainun 3, and Perempuan Tanah Jahanam.

Even though CGV has opened and the public is allowed to watch movies offline, CGV still implements health protocols that visitors must adhere to.

CGV has prepared disinfectants to sterilize viewing rooms and limit room capacity. Visitors will also have their body temperature checked before entering CGV, fill out personal data forms, and must wear a mask while watching. (VOI)

President Joko Widodo received credentials from seven ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (LBBP) "Designate Resident" to the Republic of Indonesia.

The handover of the credentials was held at the credentials room, Merdeka Palace, Jakarta on Wednesday.

The submission of the credentials marked the start of the official assignment of these ambassadors in Indonesia.

The ambassadors of friendly countries received by President Joko Widodo were:

1. Benedetto Latteri, Ambassador LBBP Resident of the Republic of Italy to the Republic of Indonesia;
2. Iv Heang, Ambassador LBBP Resident Kingdom of Cambodia to the Republic of Indonesia;
3. Taesung Park, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Resident LBBP to the Republic of Indonesia;
4. Johannes Peterlik, Ambassador LBBP Resident of the Republic of Austria to the Republic of Indonesia;
5. Manuel Antonio Saturno Escala, Ambassador LBBP Resident of the Republic of Panama to the Republic of Indonesia;
6. Lars Bo Larsen, Ambassador LBBP Resident of the Kingdom of Denmark to the Republic of Indonesia;
7. Sung Yong Kim, United States Resident LBBP Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia.

The handover of the credentials of the ambassadors of friendly countries began with a ceremonial welcoming ceremony on the front page of the Merdeka Palace.

One by one, the national anthem of friendly countries was played alternately.

Next, the ambassadors headed for the Merdeka Palace waiting room to fill in the guest book before entering the credentials room and handing over the credentials to President Joko Widodo.

When submitting the credentials, President Jokowi and the seven ambassadors and their respective spouses wore masks.

The event continued with a photo session with the ambassadors and the pair, together with President Joko Widodo while maintaining a distance from each other.

At the handover ceremony of the ambassadors' credentials, President Jokowi was accompanied by Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung, Head of Presidential Secretariat Heru Budi Hartono, and other relevant officials.

Finally, the ambassadors and their respective partners took a photo together in front of the Merdeka Palace. (Antaranews)