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Additional supply of Sinovac vaccine outcome of high-level talks between Indonesian, Chinese leaders, says health minister Nicky Aulia Widadio | 26.04.2021
JAKARTA, Indonesia
Indonesia will get additional doses of COVID-19 Sinovac vaccine from China, and AstraZeneca from the Global Vaccines and Immunization Alliance (GAVI), the country s health minister said on Monday.
Budi Gunadi Sadikin said the additional supply of Sinovac vaccine doses is the outcome of a high-level discussion between President Joko Widodo and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. There will be additional Sinovac vaccines, including 10 million to 15 million doses for April and May, Sadikin said in a virtual news conference.
He said the Foreign Ministry has also been effective in renegotiating additional vaccines from GAVI through the COVAX Facility scheme, which was previously delayed due to an embargo in manufacturing countries.
As Indonesia prepares to begin mass inoculations against COVID-19, its plan to prioritise working age adults over the elderly, aiming to reach herd immunity fast and revive the economy, will be closely watched by other countries.
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