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ILLUSTRATION. A container containing the Covid-19 vaccine arrives on a Garuda Indonesia plane at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Tangerang, on Sunday night (6/12/2020).
Reporter: Abdul basith bardan | Editor: Tendi Mahadi
KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. The government has brought 1.2 million doses of the vaccine against the corona virus (Covid-19). The imported vaccine is a Sinovac vaccine from China.
The Sinovac vaccine is a vaccine that is currently in phase three clinical trials in Bandung. “Today the government has received 1.2 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine,” Jokowi said in his statement on Sunday (12/6).
The vaccine, imported from China, arrived in Indonesia through Soekarno Hatta Airport. The vaccine is transported on an aircraft owned by PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk.
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President Joko Widodo said that Indonesia continues to try to introduce the Covid-19 vaccine. Indonesia is also scheduled to procure vaccines in January 2021. “We are also continuing to work on 1.8 million doses of the vaccine that will arrive in early January 2021,” Jokowi said.
Indonesia will also bring raw materials in bulk for Sinovac vaccines. Jokowi said that 15 million doses of these raw materials will be imported this December and 30 million doses in January 2021.
Jokowi said the arrival of the vaccine would help Indonesia prevent the spread of Covid-19. However, the vaccination stage must first be approved by the Food and Drug Supervision Agency (BPOM).
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For information, currently positive Covid-19 cases based on data from the Covid-19 Management Task Force have reached 575,796 cases. Of these, 474,771 cases were recovered and 17,740 cases died.
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