Indonesian clerics declare Sinovac s COVID-19 vaccine halal Jumat, 08 Januari 2021 / 17:26 WIB Sumber:
Anna Suci Perwitasari
KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. A COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinovac Biotech is deemed halal, or permissible under Islam, Indonesia s Ulema Council said on Friday, days before the country is scheduled to start its inoculation programme using the Chinese vaccine.
Asrorun Niam Sholeh of the council s fatwa commission told a news conference that the vaccine, named CoronaVac, was holy and halal , although authorisation still rests on the Indonesia s food and drug agency.
Indonesia, the world s largest Muslim-majority country, has received 3 million doses of CoronaVac.
Indonesia reporterd on Friday a record daily number of new COVID-19 cases for the third successive day with 10,617 infections, bringing the total to over 800,000, data from the country s COVID-19 tadk force showed.