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JAKARTA: A total of 1.8 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine made by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech Ltd. arrived in Indonesia on Friday, according to Indonesian government officials.
The sources said that mass vaccination is set anytime after January 3, pending the locations and number of health workers who will participate in the country’s largest health campaign since its independence from the Netherlands.
Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said this is the second batch of the Sinovac vaccine delivery to Indonesia and that the first batch of 1.2 million doses arrived on December 6.
“With this arrival, it means that there are already 3 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine in Indonesia,” Marsudi said at a virtual press conference.
Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that vaccination is one of Indonesia’s main strategies to solve the Covid-19 pandemic, adding: “It would take more than 12 months to complete the vaccination program, so we always comply with health protocols. “
Indonesia plans to vaccinate 181.5 million of its population next year to achieve herd immunity and break the chain of transmission of the coronavirus.
The first vaccination period will be from January to April 2021, to inoculate 1.3 million medical workers, 17.4 million public workers and 21.5 million elderly.
The second period will run from April 2021 to March 2022 for the vaccination of 63.9 million vulnerable people and 77.4 million people from other groups.
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