Commission IX DPR Supports Nusantara And Red And White Vaccines For Boosters

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JAKARTA - Commission IX of the DPR welcomes the government's policy of considering the Nusantara and Merah Putih vaccines as booster vaccines in 2022. "Of course this is a policy that relieves us all," said Deputy Chairman of Commission IX of the DPR RI Melkiades Laka Lena in his statement, Friday, December 24. According to him, the policy shows that the government respects and appreciates the work of the nation's children in the country. Because it has given birth to an efficacious and safe vaccine. Because Melki said, based on discussions with researchers and data obtained by Commission IX of the House of Representatives from clinical trial participants at Kariadi Hospital in Semarang and Gatot Soebroto Hospital, the results provided by the Nusantara vaccine were confirmed to be capable of dealing with COVID-19. Including the new variant of Omicron. "Of course, with this kind of treatment, the government's policy is very appropriate because with the ability of domestic vaccines, national vaccines to be able to deal with this Omicron or even other variants, yes," explained the Golkar legislator. In accordance with President Joko Widodo's orders. , the government targets the delivery of the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine (booster) to the wider community starting in January 2022. Booster vaccination is considered important because research has shown that the ability to neutralize the virus after infection and COVID-19 vaccination has decreased due to the Omicron variant.

Previously reported, the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, in a press conference Monday, December 20, explained that the Red and White Vaccine and Nusantara Vaccine were also considered as boosters according to the President's direction.

The Red and White vaccines in question are vaccines developed by SOEs with Baylor Collage, then vaccines in collaboration between Airlangga University and Biotis Pharmaceutical, Kalbe Farma with Genexine, and Nusantara Vaccines.

The government's decision to include the Nusantara Vaccine aka Vaknus as one of the booster vaccines is certainly welcomed by the public. The vaccine, which was initiated by the former Minister of Health, Terawan Agus Putranto, has been discussed by the public for a long time because of its efficacy and the method it uses.