Two National Covid-19 Job Force authorities inpect a box including half-finished Sinovac vaccine upon arrival at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport from China on Jan. 12,2021 (Picture courtesy of the National Disaster Mitigation Firm)
BY: DINA MANAFE
JANUARY 12, 2021
Jakarta. The Indonesian federal government on Tuesday got 15 million doses of half-finished coronavirus vaccine established by China’s Sinovac Biotech for final production and distribution by state-run pharmaceutical company Bio Farma.
The shipment followed 2 previous shipments amounting to 3 million dosages of Sinovac vaccine and got here a day after the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) approved emergency usage authorization of the vaccine.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will become among the first to receive the very first jab of Sinovac’s CoronaVac vaccine on Wednesday on live television, the State Palace has verified.
National Covid-19 Task Force Head Doni Monardo went to freight termial at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang, Banten, to witness the arrival of the half-finished vaccine.
” We are grateful that the third batch of shipment will enable the government to increase supplies for individuals,” Doni said.
The federal government has actually targeted to immunize at least 181 million of the country’s 270 million population till the end of the year.
Previously on Monday, the BPOM authorized immediate usage of Sinovac after getting results from the stage three scientific trial including more than 1,600 volunteers in Bandung, West Java.
BPOM Head Penny Kusumastuti Lukito stated the firm also took trial results in other countries into consideration.
” Results from the stage 3 medical trial of Coronavax vaccine in Bandung demonstrate a 65.3 percent efficacy, in contrast to a 91.5 percent efficacy throughout a comparable trial in Turkey and 78 percent in Brazil,” Cent stated.
She kept in mind that the World Health Company requires a minimum 50 percent effectiveness for using a Coronavirus vaccine.
Indonesia has actually inked an offer to obtain at least 125 million dosages of Sinovac vaccine to be produced jointly with Bio Farma.
In addition to Sinovac vaccine, the government has actually protected supply dedication from British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and US-based vaccine manufacturer Novavax, each will provide 50 million dosages.
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