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Retno added that her talks with Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi touched on cooperation in the field of therapeutic medicines.

Retno added that she touched on the Covid-19 vaccines with her British counterpart Dominic Raab. “[Raab] has conveyed the British government’s plan to send batches of Covid-19 vaccines to Indonesia,” she announced.

“We also touched on Great Britain’s plan to further its ties with ASEAN, as well as the preparations for the Climate Change Conference of the Parties [COP26] that it will host," she noted.

Indonesia and other G20 countries touched on international cooperation against Covid-19 and global recovery from the pandemic. They also touched on improving multilateral cooperation as well as aid for Africa, as the continent is hard-hit by Covid-19.

Source:

https://go.kompas.com/read/2021/06/30/012830274/indonesia-to-receive-2-million-covid-19-vaccines-from-japan-in-july?page=all#page2. 

Chinese Workers Denied Access to Covid-19 Vaccines in Indonesia

A number of Chinese workers who came to get Covid-19 vaccinations in the town of Rangkasbitung, Banten province, were rejected after they failed to show a national identity card issued in Indonesia.

Under Indonesian law, it is compulsory for all foreigners aged 17 and above to have an electronic national identity card (KTP) if they are issued with temporary residence permits.

Kompas.com reported that dozens of Chinese workers, gathered at the Lebak Police Clinic premises to get vaccinated.

Accompanied by an interpreter, they said that they came to the clinic to get Covid-19 jabs. The clinic staff then explained that they could not get the vaccine as they are required to show the KTP, not their passports.

However, they were determined to come because they were told that it is only the aforementioned clinic could provide vaccines for foreign workers.

A spokesperson for the Lebak Covid-19 Task Force Dr. Firman Rahmatullah said everyone is required to show a KTP before they get vaccinated.. "If you don't have KTP, your citizenship identification numbers [NIK] cannot be recorded [into the system]," Dr. Firman said.

Source:

https://go.kompas.com/read/2021/06/29/213002274/chinese-workers-denied-access-to-covid-19-vaccines-in-indonesia?page=all#page2.