Public to not be charged for COVID-19 vaccine: Jokowi
16th December 2020
President Joko Widodo (right) in the company of head of the pharmaceutical production division of Bio Farma Hikmat Alitamsar inspect the facility for COVID-19 vaccine production in Bandung, West Java, on August 11, 2020. ANTARA/HO-Bio Farma/aa/sh
I can confirm that the COVID-19 vaccine for the public would be free of charge. Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) averred here on Wednesday that the COVID-19 vaccine will be administered at no cost to the public.
"After receiving many inputs from the public and making re-calculation, and re-calculating the state financial standing, I can confirm that the COVID-19 vaccine would be offered free of charge to the public," Jokowi stated during a press conference aired by the Presidential Secretariat.