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A medical worker shows a vial of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at the Gotong Royong vaccination center organized by the Indonesian Banks Association (Perbanas) at Tennis Indoor Senayan, Jakarta on June 19, 2021. THE JAKARTA POST
Indonesia axes self-paid Covid-19 shots after outcry
Sun, 18 July 2021
Indonesian Cabinet secretary Pramono Anung confirmed on July 16 that the government had scrapped plans to allow self-funded inoculation under the Gotong Royong scheme, an expansion of the programme that had elicited strong criticism from the public and civil society groups.
“After taking public feedback and responses into consideration, [President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo] has firmly instructed that the [individually] paid vaccination plan, which was previously set to be distributed through [state-owned pharmaceutical company] PT Kimia Farma, be cancelled,” Pramono said in a statement uploaded to the Presidential Secretariat’s YouTube account on July 16.
Indonesia axes self-paid Covid-19 shots after outcry
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Indonesian govt drops self-paid Covid-19 vaccinations after public outcry
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