Indonesia has received 1.2 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine made by China’s Sinovac, officials said, as the world’s fourth most populous nation struggles to get soaring case rates under control.
The doses arrived in Jakarta late Sunday on a flight from Beijing, with more doses expected to be sent again next month.
Although Chinese regulators have yet to clear any of the country’s vaccines for mass distribution, they have approved some advanced candidates for emergency use.
Manufacturing and procuring the vaccine is only part of the problem in the fight against COVID-19, for many countries the bigger challenge is managing the logistics.
Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington reports from Jakarta
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The doses arrived in Jakarta late Sunday on a flight from Beijing, with more doses expected to be sent again next month.
Although Chinese regulators have yet to clear any of the country’s vaccines for mass distribution, they have approved some advanced candidates for emergency use.
Manufacturing and procuring the vaccine is only part of the problem in the fight against COVID-19, for many countries the bigger challenge is managing the logistics.
Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington reports from Jakarta
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