Abundant Stock Of COVID-19 Vaccines Up To 100 Million Doses, Minister Of Health: Usually Only 50 Million

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JAKARTA - Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin said the stock of COVID-19 vaccines in the country was abundant. In fact, Indonesia still has 100 million doses of vaccine ready for use.

"Our vaccine stock is very high, almost 100 million doses. Usually, our vaccine stock is only 50 million doses," Budi said in a press conference broadcast on the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube, Monday, December 13.

Meanwhile, the total number of vaccine doses available has reached 348 million, of which 250 million have been injected into the community. Budi explained that currently available COVID-19 vaccines are AstraZeneca, Moderna, and Pfizer.

"This vaccine is in stock because most of this assistance comes from abroad. There are AstraZeneca, Moderna, and Pfizer," said the former Deputy Minister of SOEs.

He then reminded people who had not been vaccinated against COVID-19 to get it immediately. Budi said people don't need to worry about certain types of vaccines because all of them are safe and have guaranteed efficacy.

"Don't be afraid to get vaccinated by AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna. All vaccines are safe and have good efficacy," he said.

For information, the number of people who have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the country currently reaches 144,875,959 people. While the recipients of the second dose amounted to 103,098,857 people.

While the third dose of vaccination was 1,260,465. The target for vaccination in Indonesia is 208,265,720 people.