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COVID-19: Jokowi increases daily testing target to 20,000

President Joko Widodo has increased the COVID-19 testing target to 20,000 samples per day as new cases mount in several regions of the archipelago.

According to a report published by the national COVID-19 task force on wednesday, the total number of tests has reached 11,970 per day.

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Earthquakes strike west Nusa Tenggara, Aceh

A series of earthquakes have struck several areas in the country in the past week with the latest reported on thursday morning, the BMKG reported.

The quakes were recorded in west Nusa Tenggara, Ambon, Maluku, North Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, Aceh, and parts of Papua and West Papua, according to the agency, while tremors could also be felt in several areas in Bali, Bengkulu, North Bengkulu, and southeast Sulawesi.

NTB recorded the strongest quake on wednesday evening at 10.54 p.m. with a magnitude of 6.0. It was the third earthquake in a week in the area.

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Fat burning zone? The best way to exercise to burn fat

When it comes to losing weight, people often want know the best way to shed excess pounds and there's no shortage of fad diets or fitness crazes claiming to have the secret to fat loss. As exercise intensity increases, fat can't be metabolized fast enough to meet increased energy demand. So yhe bidy will use carbohydrates as these can be metabolized more rapidly. The means there is indeed an exercise intensity where fat is the ptedominant energy souce.