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4 Min Read JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian doctors have suffered one of the world’s highest death rates from the coronavirus, but that has not stopped some from voicing concerns over the vaccination campaign. FILE PHOTO: Officers carry COVID-19 vaccine amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Banda Aceh, Aceh Province, Indonesia, January 12, 2021. Ampelsa/Antara Foto via REUTERS Nearly 1.5 million health workers are first in line to be immunised in the world’s fourth most populous...

Jakarta, Indonesia – In the UK, the first person to receive a COVID-19 vaccine outside trial conditions was a 90-year-old pensioner. In Canada, the first recipient was only marginally younger at 89. In Germany, a 101-year-old nursing home resident was first in line. But in Indonesia, the country worst affected by the virus in Southeast Asia with 836,718 confirmed cases and 24,343 deaths, the government has chosen an unorthodox vaccination strategy. In the first phase that begins on Wednesday ...

BBC News By Rebecca Henschke & Pijar Anugrah BBC World Service image captionYounger workers, like this Jakarta mall vendor, are seen as key to tackling the virus crisis Indonesia has rolled out a mass free Covid-19 vaccination programme in an attempt to stop the spread of the virus and get its economy going again. But the country is taking a markedly different approach to others. Instead of vaccinating elderly people in the first phase, after frontline workers, it will target younger working ...

Indonesia’s president receives a Chinese-made vaccine that produced disappointing trial results

Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Indonesia green-lights emergency use of Chinese vaccine Indonesias Food and Drug Authority has authorized emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China-based Sinovac Biotech Ltd By VICTORIA MILKO and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press January 11, 2021, 9:24 AM • 3 min read Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.The Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia’s Food and Drug Authority on Monday g...

Authorities in China and Bolivia have both issued emergency authorization for the CoronaVac vaccine.

3 Min Read JAKARTA (Reuters) - The president of the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, Joko Widodo, called on Monday for Indonesia not to rush the rollout of vaccines, citing concerns over public awareness about whether they were halal. FILE PHOTO: Indonesias President Joko Widodo speaks at the Istana in Singapore October 8, 2019. REUTERS/Feline Lim With more than 365,000 coronavirus cases and 12,000 deaths, Indonesia has struggled to get its outbreak under control and the government has...

January 08, 2021 published at 2:59 AMReuters An analyst of Global Halal Centre walks inside a laboratorium, where the Sinovacs vaccine for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) was analysed for Halal certification, in Bogor, Indonesia, January 6, 2021. Reuters JAKARTA - Indonesia’s highest Muslim clerical council aims to issue a ruling on whether a Covid-19 vaccine is halal, or permissible under Islam, before the country is due to start a mass inoculation programme using a Chinese vaccine next ...

JAKARTA--Indonesia’s highest Muslim clerical council aims to issue a ruling on whether a COVID-19

3 Min Read JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia’s highest Muslim clerical council aims to issue a ruling on whether a COVID-19 vaccine is halal, or permissible under Islam, before the country is due to start a mass inoculation programme using a Chinese vaccine next week. The world’s largest Muslim-majority country plans to launch vaccinations on Jan. 13 after obtaining 3 million doses from China’s Sinovac Biotech. Controversy over whether vaccines adhere to Islamic principles has stymied public ...