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The location is in Bogor, not far from Jakarta City. There are a lot of beautiful natural attractions in this rainy city.  One of them is Curug Cipamingkis. The location is exactly in Wargajaya Village, Sukamakmur District, Bogor, West Java and it includes in the Perhutani area.  The distance from the downtown of Bogor is approximately 44 kilometers. It takes approximately 1.5 hours to 2 hours by motor vehicles to get to the location. To enjoy the panoramic beauty of Curug Cipamingkis, you need to pay an entrance ticket of 15 thousand rupiah and 3 thousand rupiah of Perhutani retribution. Then, you will also get charged 2 thousand rupiah for a motorbike and 4 thousand rupiah is for a car parking fee.

The main attraction of Curug Cipamingkis is its waterfall. This waterfall comes from the confluence of 2 rivers flowing through Bogor, namely the Cipamingkis River and the Cisarua River. Cipamingkis waterfall itself has a cliff of 10-to-15 meters high. You feel comfortable to visit the waterfall shower or play in the water around it. If you enjoy taking photos, the local guide provides a variety of instagrammable photo spots. Some of these spots are Gardu Pandang, Foto Bintang, Jembatan Cinta, Perahu Asmara, Stone Garden, Taman Barathayuda and Rumah Pohon.

If you want to spend the night, there are also accommodations such as villas and a large camping area around this waterfall.  You can also rent a tent here. For lovers of outdoor activities, Curug Cipamingkis provides an outbound area and also a jogging track. After doing activities and  feeling hungry, you can come to Saung as a place to eat and rest. A prayer room for worship and a toilet are also available. If you are on a trip to Jakarta, don't forget to  visit Bogor City, especially Curug Cipamingkis.

Indonesian Ambassador to the United States, Muhammad Lutfi reminded the importance of joint commitment in the field of  economy  for countries in the world, including in the region, to handle the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. He also explained that this commitment is quite important because this crisis is different from the previous one. It was conveyed by Ambassador Muhammad Lutfi  at a meeting with a number of groups in the US which was held by The Asia Foundation on Wednesday (16/12). The meeting was attended by  entrepreneurs, business consultants and academicians.

Ambassador Lutfi in a written statement from the Indonesian Embassy in Washington also explained that the current economic crisis must also be responded to by strengthening resilience and cooperation in the health sector, digital economy and supply chain industry. He hopes that solidarity with vaccine producing countries, including the US, in providing vaccine access is totally needed so that the handling of the Covid-19 at the global level is not partial. Furthermore, he is optimistic that during the pandemic or afterwards, the use of the digital economy will continuously gain greater momentum in economic development in Indonesia, the region and the world. Because the growth of the digital economy sector in Indonesia has reached above 40 percent per year. He expects that the United States can further explore digitalization of the health and education sectors in Indonesia.  Moreover, there are ease  improvements of doing business and investment offered through the Job Creation Law.

Aside from government officials and the US Congress, Ambassador Lutfi's pro-active diplomacy in promoting Indonesia's investment potential in the US as well as Indonesia-US bilateral cooperation in various fields, also targets US business people, think-tanks and academicians.

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed people's living habits, including when they go to school or college. Various innovations have been created so that people are more comfortable entering a period of adapting to new normal. The online lecture system from home is the background for the student team from the Instrumentation Engineering Department, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS) to create technological innovations in a bid to support online learning. The team leader, Moch Raka Dwi explained that this innovation was taken from students’ hope of being able to return to their activities safely on campus. Thereby, they created a technology that could support learning amid the Covid-19 pandemic, namely the HCL, an acronym for Healthy Classroom with an automatic air filter and UV light system.

The spread of the virus is prone to spreading in school buildings and rooms as educational facilities. Existing educational facilities must be able to apply the concept of healthy buildings as an effort to learn in the new normal. HCL is equipped with an air filter and UVC which functions as a virus sterilizer in the room after use. UVC was chosen because according to research it can kill the coronavirus. HCL is also installed with CCTV and a thermal imaging camera which is used to send signals to the system so that UV does not light up while there are still humans in the room because it is very dangerous for the body. In addition, this HCL is also equipped with a marker alarm that automatically sounds when disinfection is carried out as a sign that the room should not be entered.

The HCL innovation concept is also realized by installing a DOAS (Dedicated Outdoor Air System) which functions as an indoor air system. The way it works is to enter air from outside into the room, which is equipped with a Hepa filter as a filter and an exhaust fan to circulate dirty and clean air. With this oxygen exchange, the system created can also regulate air humidity. The results of this air filter system and UV can certainly kill the coronavirus in the air or on the surface of objects in the room.

As vaccines began to be discovered in various countries, it turned out that the number of Covid19 cases continues to increase. The United States has the largest total number of cases in the world, which has so far recorded nearly 17 million in various regions. Malaysia reported nearly 1,300 new cases of the Covid-19 virus and it is said that the total positive cases in the country have passed China. At a press conference, Wednesday (16/12) Malaysian Minister of Health, Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah announced that positive cases in Malaysia were close to 88,000. That number continues to increase and can infect anyone.

Many world leaders began to experience Covid-19 attacks. French President, Emanuel Macron is known to have undergone tests after experiencing Covid-19 symptoms and has to be isolated for seven days. Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, 48, and European Union Council President, Charles Michel, 44, went into self-isolation after meeting President Macron for lunch on Monday. Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa, 59, has also canceled all official trips, and is in isolation and awaiting test results, after having lunch with President Macron in Paris on Wednesday (16/12).

The current reality is that the Covid-19 virus attack knows no boundaries. Anyone can be infected whether old or young people, world leaders or ordinary people. It remains how each individual takes care of themselves by following strict health protocols and enhancing the body's immunity. This applies to everyone, including world leaders.

The vaccine has indeed been discovered. Some countries have even started vaccinating their citizens. However, given the massive attack of Covid-19, it seems that the world still has to wait for several months or maybe more, before it is free from the pandemic which damages not only health but also various aspects of life in many countries.