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Jakarta –
The coordinating minister for Maritime Affairs and Investments, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, revealed that the possibility of administering the vaccine scheduled for November will be postponed. This is because there is no Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).
The USA itself is published by the Food and Drug Administration (BPOM). Still, Luhut stressed that the delay in administering the vaccine from the target was not due to a lack of vaccine.
He said the vaccine was available and was obtained by the government. The vaccine is also ready to be administered, awaiting permission from the EUA.
“Before the president called me, because the products (vaccines) were obtained. The plan for the second week of November may not be fulfilled, but not because the products are ready. But BPOM cannot issue authorization for emergency use”, Luhut said when giving directions in Lemhanas and broadcast on YouTube, Friday (10/23/2020).
According to him, the government wants to make sure that EUA permits can be issued first, so that vaccines can be administered in accordance with regulations.
“Because there are rules and steps that must be followed. So that the president does not want to flee from there, he said that security is number one. So we will see how long it lasts,” Luhut said.
Luhut also said he was offered a vaccine during a visit to China, but was reluctant to accept the offer. The reason is the same, in Indonesia there is no US permit, so as an Indonesian citizen, the rules cannot be vaccinated without this permit.
“Last week I from Yunan spoke to the Chinese government of all kinds, no one wore masks anymore, we became aliens there. I asked the Prime Minister, why don’t you wear a mask, have you injected yourself with the vaccine? He said that yes, they invited me to give myself an injection too, “Luhut’s story.
“But we still cannot receive injections, because we still do not have authorization for emergency use. We are still waiting, that’s the rule. We have to obey the rules,” he continued.
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