An analyst of Global Halal Center works using a biosafety cabinet at a laboratorium, where the Sinovac s vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was analyzed for Halal certification, in Bogor, Indonesia, Jan 6, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
Political leaders among first to get shots from China to encourage others to follow
Jakarta doctor Lie Hermanto is looking forward to getting a shot of a Chinese-developed COVID-19 vaccine this week.
Hermanto has been registered to receive the vaccine ahead of the launch on Wednesday of Indonesia s mass inoculation drive. He will get the first of the two doses required of the vaccine made by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech.