BPOM awaits test result to issue authorization for vaccination 14th December 2020 Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto. ANTARA/screenshot-AstridFaidlatulHabibah/sh We are optimistic of the BPOM soon issuing the emergency user authorization. Jakarta (ANTARA) - Drug and Food Control Agency (BPOM) awaits clinical test result for COVID-19 vaccine and data from China's Sinovac Biotech before issuing vaccine authorization, COVID-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery Working Committee Chairperson Airlangga Hartarto stated. "We are optimistic of the BPOM soon issuing the emergency user authorization, and now, it still awaits data from Sinovac and the result of clinical trial conducted in Bandung (West Java) and Brazil scheduled for completion on December 15," Hartarto, concurrently the coordinating minister for economic affairs, noted on the sidelines of the Bisnis Indonesia Award 2020 here on Monday.