Erick Thohir explains the government’s reasons for not choosing Pfizher and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Minister of State Enterprises (BUMN), Erick Thohir, said that the government had its own considerations when choosing the brand of the Covid-19 vaccine for use in Indonesia.

One of the factors is the vaccine that can be distributed and stored at a temperature of 2 to 8 degrees Celsius.

“The vaccine that the government will buy is also a vaccine Cold chainor its distribution nice with our distribution, (it can be stored at) 2-8 degrees Celsius, “Erick said in a webinar on Tuesday (11/24/2020).

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Erick added that if Indonesia chooses the Covid-19 vaccine brand that requires storage below 2 degrees Celsius, it will be difficult to distribute. Also, he said, there was not much time to prepare to distribute the vaccines.

“Why, for example, the government will choose Sinovac, Novavax or AstraZeneca, is for these reasons. Why can’t they be Pfizer and Moderna? Because it is Cold chainone -75 (degrees Celsius), one -20 (degrees Celsius), “said the former Inter Milan boss.

Therefore, Erick said, the government will choose a suitable vaccine in Indonesia. Because, the distribution of the vaccine should be done as soon as possible.

“Don’t think later that the government is buying this brand for business. No. So this is certainly what the government will see, that it can deliver with the amount we specify,” he said.

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