Indonesia Highlights: Indonesian Lifter Clinches 3 Gold Medals, Breaks World Records at IWF Junior World Championships | Indonesia Detects 19 Locally Transmitted Cases of Mutant Covid Strains: Deputy

KOMPAS.com – Young lifter Rizki Juniansyah bagged three gold medals for Indonesia and broke the world records in all three events during the 2021 IWF Junior World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Meanwhile, Indonesia health officials detected 19 locally transmitted cases of several new strains of the coronavirus in the country.

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Indonesian Lifter Clinches Gold Medals, Breaks 3 World Records at 2021 IWF Junior World Championships

Young lifter Rizki Juniansyah bagged three gold medals for Indonesia and broke the world records in all three events during the 2021 IWF Junior World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Wednesday, May 26.

Rizki competed in the men’s 73 kg category with lifting 155 kg in snatch and 194 kg in clean and jerk, totaling 349 kg.

The 18-year-old athlete set a new world mark, which broke the previous record set by American lifter Cunmings JR Clarence on June 27, 2019, totaling 347 kg between the 154 kg in snatch and 193 kg in clean and jerk.

Indonesian weightlifting association deputy secretary general Sony Kasiran said that lifter Resty Anggi also bagged a bronze medal in the women’s 64 kg category.

Lifter Windy Cantika Aisah also bagged three gold medals after competing in the women’s 49 kg category, while Juliana Klarisa managed to bring home a bronze medal in the women’s 55 kg.

“In total Indonesia clinched six gold medals, four bronze medals, and world records in three events,” BolaSport.com quoted Sony as saying.

“We are proud of this achievement. But, there is a need for evaluation as nothing is perfect.”

Source: https://www.kompas.com/sports/read/2021/05/27/22055808/lifter-muda-indonesia-sapu-bersih-medali-emas-dan-pecahkan-3-rekor-dunia.

Indonesia Detects 19 Locally Transmitted Cases of Mutant Covid Strains: Deputy Health Minister

Kompas.com/Fitria Chusna Farisa Screen grab of Deputy Health Minister Dante Harbuwono speaks at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport as 10 million doses of bulk vaccine from China's Sinovac arrive in Indonesia on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.

Indonesia's Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono Harbuwono said that 19 locally transmitted cases of several new strains of the coronavirus known as variants of concern have been detected in the country.

The variants of concern are the mutant strains of coronavirus comprising the UK's variant (also known as B.1.1.7), South Africa's variant (B.1351), and India's covid-19 variant (B.1617.2).

"It means that there has been a spread of local transmission in Indonesia for the variant of concern that occurred without a history of overseas travel," said Dante on Thursday, May 27.

"We also identify several provinces where variants of concern were found. So, the mutations have occurred in several places in Indonesia," he said.

Meanwhile, Dante revealed that 35 people contracted Covid-19 while traveling overseas. This included 14 Filipino crew members whose ship berthed at the Cilacap Port. The relevant authorities then conducted contact tracing to the people in the area.

Source: https://go.kompas.com/read/2021/05/27/194016674/indonesia-detects-19-locally-transmitted-cases-of-mutant-covid-strains-deputy.

Indonesia Weather Agency Warns of Tide Flooding in Coastal Areas due to Lunar Eclipse

DOK WARGA An image of tide flooding in a Maluku village on May 27, 2021.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned of tide flooding, including in Jakarta’s Coastal areas, from May 28-30.

Speaking to a press conference following the observation of the super flower blood moon eclipse in Jakarta on Wednesday, May 26, Maritime Meteorology BMKG head Eko Prasetyo said that Jakarta is among the 11 areas where the tide flooding is likely to occur.

“BMKG has identified 11 areas where the tidal flooding is likely to occur at different days and times. It may occur from May 26-27 in some places, while it may occur on May 28 in North Jakarta, and May 30 in Banten,” State News Antara quoted Eko.

He said the tide flooding was indeed related to the lunar eclipse phenomenon, which occurred in Indonesia on Wednesday night.

“Along with the lunar eclipse or the super flower blood moon eclipse phenomenon, tidal flooding may also occur in the Indonesian territory,” he added.

He said since May 24, the high-speed wind has been consistently blowing at 46 kilometers per hour in some Indonesian waters.

This phenomenon is expected to increase significant wave height up to three meters in the Java Sea, Flores Sea, Banda Sea, Arafura Sea, west of Sumatera waters, south of Java to East Nusa Tenggara.

Source: https://go.kompas.com/read/2021/05/27/143206974/indonesia-weather-agency-warns-of-tide-flooding-in-coastal-areas-due-to-lunar.