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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Minister of State Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir complained about overseas media coverage regarding handling Covid-19 in Indonesia.
He considered, from several foreign media reports, it was as if the handling of Covid-19 by the government was bad.
“So far, sometimes the news in the outside media is as if we are helpless covid-19, “Said Erick at National Police Headquarters, Thursday (13/8/2020).
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In fact, said Erick, in Indonesia there were no queues for Covid-19 patients at the hospital. In addition, there were no people lining up for food.
“Even though we know how the TNI / Polri and our entire nation ensure that there is no such thing as hospital queues, food queues properly,” he said.
In the midst of this negative news, continued Erick, Indonesia has even shown its capabilities in the health sector. Because, at this time clinical trials stage III vaccine Covid-19 is ongoing in Indonesia.
“Yesterday, Alhamdulillah, Indonesia was one of the countries that carried out the initial vaccine test which was quite fast. If we saw yesterday we could see the whole world, that we are a serious working nation, ”he said.
Within a year, Bio Farma is targeted to be able to produce 250 million doses.
Production will be carried out after the third stage of clinical trials has been completed. It is targeted that the clinical trial will be completed in January 2021, so that Bio Farma can immediately produce a corona virus vaccine in the first quarter of 2021.
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