People wait for observation after receiving a vaccine during a vaccination program for public workers and elderly organised by Indonesia’s state-owned enterprises (BUMN) in Jakarta on March 14, 2021. - AFP JAKARTA March 15 (AFP): Indonesia will delay the rollout of AstraZeneca s Covid-19 jab pending a review by the World Health Organization (WHO) into blood clot fears, the South-East Asian nation s health minister said Monday. To be conservative, (Indonesian health regulators) are delaying the implementation of AstraZeneca while waiting for confirmation from WHO, Budi Gunadi Sadikin told parliament.
The move comes after Ireland and the Netherlands became the latest countries to suspend AstraZeneca s Covid-19 shots over blood clot concerns despite the drugmaker and the WHO insisting there is no risk.