Home Affairs Minister: Indonesia Must Find Coronavirus Vaccine to Beat Pandemic

Clinical trials under way

Pharmaceutical company Kalbe Farma and South Korean company Genexine have developed a coronavirus vaccine that is currently under clinical trials.

Head of the National Covid-19 Task Force Wiku Adisasmito said that the first clinical trial of the coronavirus vaccine started in June in South Korea.

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Indonesia will be involved in the second phase of clinical trials scheduled to take place in August 2020.

The objective of that phase is to determine whether the coronavirus vaccine can effectively kill the Covid-19 virus.

Part of Kalbe Farma and Genexine’s partnership also encompasses research to identify the genome of the coronavirus strain that is spreading in Indonesia. 

(Writer: Dian Erika Nugraheny | Editor: Kristian Erdianto) 

Source: https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2020/06/18/18342601/mendagri-indonesia-harus-mampu-temukan-vaksin-covid-19