At my conference with the Dutch foreign minister, one of the concrete results we have actually accomplished is the Dutch federal government’s choice to donate 3 million vaccines to Indonesia.
Jakarta – The Netherlands has actually chosen to donate 3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Indonesia following a meeting between Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and her Dutch counterpart, Sigrid Kaag.
” At my conference with the Dutch foreign minister, one of the concrete outcomes we have actually accomplished is the Dutch government’s decision to contribute 3 million vaccines to Indonesia,” Marsudi said while addressing an online media instruction from The Hague on Thursday.
The Netherlands will quickly send the vaccines to Indonesia, she said without elaborating on the vaccine brand name.
Indonesia likewise got 998,400 COVID-19 vaccines from Japan on Thursday, she notified. The vaccines were a part of the 2 million doses of vaccine that Japan has vowed to Indonesia.
The 2nd batch of the vaccine aid from Japan will get here in Indonesia in the not so distant future, Marsudi stated.
The minister said she is also trying to secure vaccines from Britain through a dose-sharing plan.
” My meeting with British foreign minister has actually led to a vaccine dedication (on the part of the British government). We will go over details of its consignment time in the future,” she notified.
The Netherlands has actually been the last nation to promise COVID-19 vaccines to Indonesia.
Indonesia will get 2.1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from Japan, Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin informed a virtual interview that ANTARA joined from Jakarta on Thursday.
The Australian government has donated 77 million Australian dollars to help Indonesia procure a minimum of 10 million vaccine dosages through the COVID-19 Vaccines International Gain Access To (COVAX) center, he informed.
The US government has actually also promised to supply Indonesia four million Moderna vaccines thanks to the efforts of Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, he added.
Since June 20, 2021, Indonesia has actually gotten 104,728,400 COVID-19 vaccines, consisting of 94.5 million Sinovac vaccines, 8.228 million AstraZeneca vaccines, and 2 million Sinopharm vaccines.
Indonesia presently has 43 million COVID-19 vaccines in stock, which will be sufficient for 30 million residents, Sadikin said.
President Joko Widodo is looking for to boost Indonesia’s daily vaccination rate to one million doses by July this year.
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