Jakarta. Indonesia received a total of 8 million Kovit-19 vaccines from Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac.
The ship comes in four large temperature controlled containers or envirodiners and one small enrotainer. The semi-finished vaccine is sent to Bandung, West Java, and then processed by Sinovak’s partner Bio Pharma in Indonesia.
Overall, the combination of complete and total vaccines that have set foot in Indonesia has reached 91.9 million. Of that number, 75.9 million doses are ready for use after accounting for wastage and bottle filling during operations, said State-Owned Enterprises Minister Eric Tohir.
So far, Indonesia has received 10.4 million ready-to-use records, including 3 million doses of Sinovak, 6.41 million doses of noge and one million doses of cinoform – of which the UAE donated 500,000 injections of cinoform.
Indonesia also received a total of 81.5 million doses of Sinovac vaccine from Sinovak. Once processed by Bio Pharma, it will reach 65.5 million views completed.
“In total, Indonesia has 75.9 million ready-to-use volumes,” said Eric, who is also the General Chair of the Covit-19 National Economic Recovery and Operations Commission (KPCPN), at Sokarno-Hatta Airport, Tangerang, Monday. . .
In his statement, Eric highlighted the government’s commitment to protect and increase the supply of vaccines. “Despite the disruption in global vaccine supply, we should be grateful that our supply is safe and growing.”
The Minister of Finance also spoke about Indonesia’s efforts to develop the Government’s own 19 vaccine as the Mera Budih vaccine.
“The government is cooperating with a number of developers, including universities and research institutes and other parties. We want to make our own vaccine, so it won’t be imported. [vaccines], ”He said.
Indonesia has so far shipped a total of 26.85 million units. Eric noted that adherence to Covid-19 vaccine coverage and health protocols will save lives and promote economic recovery.
“So in 2021 we can achieve economic growth of 4.1 percent to 5.1 percent. We are working towards a healthier Indonesia, a working Indonesia, and a developing Indonesia,” said Eric.
“God willing, our hard work will pay off at the end of this year or early next year. We look forward to seeing progress on our Mera Budih vaccine or working with others.”
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