Indonesia has received 1.2 million doses of the corona vaccine from the Chinese company Sinovac, Officials said the news.
The vaccines arrived in Jakarta by air from Beijing on Sunday. In addition, Indonesia will receive 1.8 million more vaccines next month. News from AFP.
China’s regulatory body has not yet approved the mass use of the vaccine by any of its companies. However, they have approved some final vaccines for emergency use.
On Monday, Airlanga Hartarto, head of Indonesia’s COVID-19 resistance team, said the first batch of vaccines would be tested by the Food and Drug Administration.
These vaccines are planned to be given to health workers and people at high risk, he said.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has welcomed China’s sending of the vaccine.
