Surabaya: Head of the Handling Committee Covid-19 and the National Economic Recovery (KPC-PEN), Airlangga Hartarto, urged Airlangga University (Unair) Surabaya to accelerate the production of the Red and White vaccine. The goal is that the government does not depend on other countries.
“Once again I remind you that we need to produce a vaccine. Therefore, the government hopes that the vaccine initiated by Unair can be accelerated,” said Airlangga, in the Joint Action Movement for Cooperative Response to Covid-19 (Gebrak) forum organized by Universitas Airlangga (Unair) on a regular basis. virtual, Friday, July 30, 2021.
With the production of the vaccine itself, Airlangga continued, because currently the phenomenon of vaccine nationalism is happening. So that later the Indonesian state will prioritize the need for vaccines in the country rather than other countries.
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“The nationalism vaccine will be prioritized for each country (domestic),” he said.
In addition to vaccine nationalism, Airlangga also highlighted the phenomenon of geopolitical vaccines. Every visitor who will enter a country must have a vaccine certificate according to the vaccine produced by that country.
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“For example, in China where there is a geopolitical vaccine, it means that China must use the Chinese vaccine itself. Then in Europe it must be vaccinated against Europe,” he said.
Airlangga hopes that the Red and White vaccine will become an inclusive vaccine. Airlangga stated that the vaccine could be produced and used by anyone.
“This vaccination cannot be politicized and there can be no political nationality. We ask that this vaccine become public goods,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Red and White vaccine developed by Unair Surabaya entered the second phase of preclinical testing, by testing it on large macaque animals last June. Unair Chancellor Mohammad Nasih said that Unair researchers had injected the vaccine to 15 macaques.
This number is still below the target of the second phase of the preclinical test which should have been carried out on 30 individuals. Previously, Unair had completed the first stage of preclinical testing on mice.
Vaccines for Indonesia
In an effort to support vaccination in the country, Media Group together with Slank launched a social campaign entitled “Vaccin for Indonesia”. This campaign is an effort to jointly rise from the pandemic and foster optimism towards a new normal by continuing to maintain physical and mental health. Vaccines in this title do not only mean “medicine” or “anti-virus”, but also an effort to strengthen our mentality and spirit in the midst of difficulties due to the pandemic.
“Slank and Media Group made a movement with the theme ‘Vaccine for Indonesia’. We hope that through music and dialogue, this event can encourage the impact of the pandemic on our lives, so that we can keep our spirits up. We entertain to be happy, so that our immunity increases too. don’t be afraid to get vaccinated. This is one solution to escape the pandemic,” explained Slank drummer, Bimo Setiawan Almachzumi alias Bimbim.
The “Vaccine for Indonesia” program airs on Metro TV every Friday, at 20:05 WIB. In this show, Slank not only presents music, but also shows a trip to a number of places and interacts with people from various social backgrounds.
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