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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
Statement by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) what is free vaccine corona virusCOVID-19) for the entire Indonesian population in the spotlight of various foreign media.
Australian television station, ABC, on Wednesday (12/16), made a report stating that Jokowi would be the person to be injected with the vaccine for the first time, to ensure that the Indonesian people the vaccine is safe to use.
Currently, the government is awaiting approval for emergency use of the Covid-19 vaccine made by a Chinese pharmaceutical company, Sinovac Biotech, from the Food and Drug Administration (BPOM).
In early December, Indonesia received its first shipment of 1.2 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine.
Chinese news agency, Xinhua, also wrote a report on Jokowi’s decision to release the corona vaccine.
They wrote that Jokowi directed all state ministries and institutions to prioritize the vaccination program in the 2021 State Budget.
Newspaper Nikkei Asia He also wrote about Jokowi’s decision to phase out the corona vaccine. They reported that Jokowi also ordered Finance Minister Sri Mulyani to divert part of the budget available for the vaccination program so that there would be no reason for the public not to get vaccinated.
There are currently 629,429 cases of Covid-19 in Indonesia, and the death toll reaches 19,111 people.
(Nikkei Asia / ABC / Xinhua / ayp)
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