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Singapore: Indonesian authorities have defended the use of a locally developed COVID-19 breathalyser at airports and train stations despite fresh questions about its accuracy.
In Australia, âblowing into the bagâ is simply slang for a roadside breath test, with more modern devices now being used to catch drink drivers.
A woman blows air in a plastic bag to be tested for COVID-19 at Bali airport.
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But in Indonesia, plastic tubes are used to diagnose another danger - the coronavirus - with commuters providing breath samples that can return a result in three minutes.
Produced by researchers at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, the GeNose C-19 pre-boarding test has been on offer at major provincial airports in Palembang, Bandung, Surabaya, Yogyakarta and in Bali this month after being used at 44 train stations since February.
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West Kalimantan governor welcomes arrival of SJ-182 victims coffins 24th January 2021
West Kalimantan Governor Sutarmidji (special)
On behalf of the West Kalimantan provincial administration, I deeply condole the deaths of the crash victims, and lead prayer for them Pontianak, W Kalimantan (ANTARA) - West Kalimantan Governor Sutarmidji welcomed the arrival of coffins of six passengers of the crashed Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182 at Supadio International Airport in Pontianak city on Sunday. On behalf of the West Kalimantan provincial administration, I deeply condole the deaths of the crash victims, and lead prayer for them, he said.
Among the crash victims whose coffins arrived on Sunday were Toni Ismail, Athar Rizki Riawan, Ratih Windania, Yumna Fanisyatuhzahra, and Muhammad Nur Kholifatil Amin.
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Indonesian Navy divers have recovered the flight data recorder from a commercial plane that crashed into the Java Sea just minutes after taking off from Jakarta on Saturday.
The Indonesian Transportation Ministry says the jet didn’t fly for nine months last year due to reduced air travel demand during the pandemic.
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