Year ender - Indonesia takes cautious steps towards mass immunization 29th December 2020
FILE PHOTO: A display shows packages of vaccine candidate for SARS-CoV-2 by Sinovac Biotech during a government-organized media tour showcasing the company s development of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine candidate in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo (REUTERS/Thomas Peter) With still no emergency-use approval for Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine, it is becoming increasingly evident that the Indonesian government will have to wait until 2021 to kickstart its mass vaccination program.
Initially, the government had hoped to begin the vaccination program in the third week of December, 2020, with healthcare workers and legal enforcers getting first priority.
Government allocates Rp73 trillion for vaccine procurement 25th December 2020
A health worker administers a vaccine during a simulation for COVID-19 immunization at the Kemaraya Health Center, Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi on December 18, 2020. (ANTARA FOTO / Jojon / rwa)
This is a clear government anticipation of the presence of the government to procure vaccines so that the whole community can achieve 70 percent herd immunity Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government has set aside a budget of about Rp73 trillion for procuring COVID-19 vaccines for the 2021 immunization program, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, revealed on Thursday. This is a clear government anticipation of the presence of the government to procure vaccines so that the whole community can achieve 70 percent herd immunity, Hartarto said during an online talk show,
Jokowi hopes all Indonesians to be willing to receive COVID-19 vaccine 18th December 2020
President Joko Widodo said that Indonesia can make a commitment to procure 290 million vaccines by 2021. (ANTARA / HO-Press Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat) Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) expects all Indonesians will be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. I ask once again who wants to be vaccinated? I hope everyone would be willing to be vaccinated, and no one will refuse, President Jokowi stated at the Bogor Presidential Palace, Friday
President Jokowi conveyed the statement during the Provision of Working Capital Assistance (BMK) to some 30 micro and small entrepreneurs, each of whom received Rp2.4 million.
Indonesia to offer free vaccines, with Jokowi first in line
published : 16 Dec 2020 at 15:07
247 An official pushes a trolley with coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccines from China s Sinovac Biotech Ltd as they arrive at PT Bio Farma (Persero) in the first shipment to Indonesia, in Bandung, West Java province, Dec 7, 2020. (Courtesy of Muchlis Jr/Indonesian Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS)
Indonesia has decided to offer free Covid-19 vaccines to people after considering the state budget, said President Joko Widodo.
Jokowi, as he’s commonly known, has ordered the finance minister to reallocate spending from other matters to fund the free vaccines, he said in a cabinet secretariat statement. He will also be the first to be inoculated as a way to show people that the shots are safe.
Business circle upbeat about COVID-19 vaccine ending uncertainty 14th December 2020
As many as 1.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine ordered from China s Sinovac Biotech Ltd arrived at Bio Farma headquarters in Bandung West Java. ANTARA/Doc. Bio Farma Public Relations
We laud the government s fast response, and (arrival of the vaccine) will offer a sense of certainty The government believes that national economic recovery will principally hinge on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine becoming available after which distribution among the public and acceleration of treatment of COVID-19 patients will be conducted.
Indonesia s business community has lauded the arrival of 1.2 million doses of Sinovac s COVID-19 vaccine in Jakarta on Dec 6, 2020, from China, as it raises hopes not only for a health solution but also for economic recovery.