As Much As 98 million low-income clients whose healthcare premiums are totally funded by the state through the Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) will get the COVID-19 vaccine free of charge, Research and Innovation Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro has stated.
” In Between 97 and 98 million PBI individuals of the BPJS Kesehatan will get the vaccine free of charge. Of course, the federal government and the Health Ministry will see how it is for the non-PBI individuals” he said in a hearing with Legislature Commission VII managing research and innovation on Tuesday.
Bambang, who likewise heads the National Research and Development Company (BRIN) and is the person-in-charge of the nationwide team to accelerate the development of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, said that the government was currently computing the overall cost of the vaccine.
The government has actually allocated Rp 280 billion (US$ 18.8 million) in 2021 for the development of the in your area produced Merah Putih (Red and White) vaccine.
However, Presidential Decree No. 18/2020 on the national group for the velocity of COVID-19 vaccine development opens the possibility of other sources of funding for the program beyond the state spending plan.
The potential vaccine is currently being established by a nationwide consortium under the Research and Innovation Ministry, led by the Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology.
Other organizations that are likewise conducting research and advancement are the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), the University of Indonesia (UI), the Bandung Institute of Innovation (ITB), Gadjah Mada University (UGM) and Airlangga University (Unair).
The vaccine is expected to cover a minimum of 50 percent of Indonesia ' s vaccine needs.
