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Indonesia receives another batch of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in bulk

Xinhua | Updated: 2021-06-30 19:57

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A health worker gives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a woman during mass vaccination for people aged from 18 to 59 at Teras Kota shopping center in South Tangerang, Indonesia, June 29, 2021. Indonesia can begin inoculating COVID-19 vaccine for children immediately to prevent them from the coronavirus, President Joko Widodo said on Monday. Widodo said in a video statement that the national agency of drug and food control (BPOM) has issued an authorization for the emergency use of Sinovac vaccine, which is declared safe for children aged 12 to 17, so vaccination for children within the age group can begin immediately. [Photo/Xinhua]

JAKARTA - Indonesia has received the 18th batch of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in seven large containers on Wednesday, according to the country's health ministry.

The newest arrival of the vaccines in bulk will be directly transported to the state-owned pharmaceutical company PT Bio Farma in West Java province's capital of Bandung for further processing.

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin told a virtual press conference that it takes about a month for Bio Farma to process them into ready-to-use vaccines.

More COVID-19 vaccines were expected to arrive in Indonesia in the second half of this year, Sadikin added.

Indonesia targets to vaccinate 181.5 million people by March next year to achieve herd immunity.

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