The vaccine has also been declared safe for use. The country’s Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has issued an emergency use authorization for the vaccine on April 29.
Besides, the vaccine has also received a halal certificate from the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI). The government has signed a contract to procure the Sinopharm vaccine for 7.5 million doses.
The government has prepared five million doses of the CanSino vaccine developed by CanSino Biologics Inc. The patent was granted by the Chinese government on August 11 last year. CanSino, however, only requires one dose.
(Writer: Retia Kartika Dewi | Editor: Inggried Dwi Wedhaswary)
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