The domestic COVID-19 vaccine stocks are sufficient to accomplish the target.
Jakarta – State-owned pharmaceutical company PT Bio Farma is positive about fulfilling the COVID-19 vaccine requirements to achieve the federal government’s target of vaccinating one million individuals daily since July 2021.
” The domestic COVID-19 vaccine stocks are sufficient to accomplish the target,” PT Bio Farma spokesperson for COVID-19 vaccination Bambang Heryanto noted in a composed declaration launched on Thursday.
Heryanto highlighted the dedication of the Indonesian federal government and Sinovac vaccine manufacturer to supplying 260 million vaccine doses to Indonesia.
In addition, Indonesia will receive 11 million dosages of the AstraZeneca vaccine under the COVAX center, 50 million dosages of the AstraZeneca vaccine through bilateral cooperation, and 30 million dosages of the Novavax vaccine.
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Presently, Indonesia’s vaccinations had reached 716 thousand daily, Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, remarked after a minimal virtual meeting with President Joko Widodo in Jakarta on Monday, which was transmitted on the Presidential Secretariat’s YouTube channel.
Sadikin mentioned his ministry’s close and continued collaboration with the military and cops to understand the federal government’s vaccination target.
Spokesperson for COVID-19 vaccination at the Health Ministry Siti Nadia Tarmizi affirmed that the federal government, through the health ministry, is working together with several celebrations for accelerating the national vaccination program.
” The participation of private companies, state-owned companies, medical facilities, specialists, military and police, along with mass organization is targeted at developing as lots of vaccination centers as possible,” she stated.
The federal government will prepare a number of vaccinators and officers to raise public awareness of the importance of receiving vaccination in order to end the pandemic.
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