Baca berita tanpa iklan. Gabung Kompas.com+
March 1, 2021, 06.29 PM

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Indonesia has secured four foreign vaccines to inoculate about 180 million people against the Covid-19 in 15 months, a top health official said on Sunday, February 28.

“We are fortunate to get the vaccines early,” Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin was quoted as saying by state news agency Antara.

“The government endorses four vaccines, namely China’s Sinovac, AstraZeneca from the UK, Pfizer [jointly developed] by German and American firms, and Novavax from the US,” Budi added.

Also readIndonesian Government Urged to Step Up Covid-19 Vaccine Drive

He said that many countries had not been able to get the vaccines from the aforementioned firms.

“These four vaccines encounter challenges in the supply chain, the world is struggling. Not all ASEAN countries got the vaccines. Australia has just received it, Japan is starting to get the vaccines, and our neighboring countries have yet started,” he added.

Meanwhile, the minister said that the government allows the private companies to organize the inoculation programs for their employees, but the vaccines must be certified by the relevant authorities such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Indonesian Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM).

“I believe that as long as the vaccines pass standards required by the WHO and BPOM, just use it. The sooner the better,” he said.

Also readIndonesian Authorities Vaccinates Clerics With the Covid-19 Vaccine At Jakarta’s Istiqlal Mosque

The more the vaccinations will be delayed, the more victims will be affected.
“About 300 people die every day, or 9,000 every month. If we delay the mass inoculation program by a year, 108,000 people will die,” he said.

Baca berita tanpa iklan. Gabung Kompas.com+
Page:


Baca berita tanpa iklan. Gabung Kompas.com+
Comment wisely and responsibly. Comments are entirely the responsibility of the commentator as regulated in the ITE Law
Report
Thank You! We have received your report. We will remove comments that conflict with the Community Guidelines and the ITE Law.

More Headlines

News
April 14, 2023, 12.38 PM

Indonesia Detects New Covid Arcturus Variant

News
April 5, 2023, 05.16 PM

ASEAN to Finalize Agreement on EV Ecosystem

Baca berita tanpa iklan. Gabung Kompas.com+
Baca berita tanpa iklan. Gabung Kompas.com+

MOST POPULAR

Baca berita tanpa iklan. Gabung Kompas.com+
Baca berita tanpa iklan. Gabung Kompas.com+
Close Ads
Oke
Baca berita tanpa iklan. Gabung Kompas.com+