Governor Of South Sulawesi Prof. NA Awaits Technical Instructions For Covid-19 Vaccine Ration

Governor of South Sulawesi Nurdin Abdullah (Instagram nurdin.abdullah)

MAKASSAR - The governor of South Sulawesi (Sulsel), Nurdin Abdullah, said that he is still waiting for technical instructions (juknis) regarding ready-to-use vaccine rations from a biopharmaceutical company from China, Sinovac. The number of vaccines arriving in Indonesia has reached 1.2 million.

"We are waiting for technical guidelines. To be sure, we are preparing a storage freezing place," said Nurdin Abdullah, after chairing the evaluation meeting of the South Sulawesi Covid-19 Task Force, at the Swiss Bell Hotel, Tuesday, December 8, 2020.

Nurdin, who is familiarly called Prof. NA, asked the Head of the South Sulawesi Health Service, Dr. Ichsan Mustari, to prepare clinical data of each resident in South Sulawesi in advance.

"I also asked the Head of Health to prepare clinical data for each resident, and starting later we will try to make the program," he said.

Regarding who should be prioritized, continued Nurdin, he is still waiting for technical guidelines from the central government regarding the distribution and method of determination.

"Who is the priority first, because there are two, please those who want to quickly have an independent vaccine, but if it is from the government, of course it must follow the rules of the government," he concluded.

It is known that as many as 1.2 million doses of Sinovac vaccine are ready for injection to arrive in Indonesia. Based on data from the central government, 1.8 million doses of ready-to-injection vaccine will arrive in Indonesia in January 2021.

There will also arrive 45 million doses of bulk raw materials for the manufacture of the Covid-19 vaccine. A total of 45 million doses of the raw material will arrive in Indonesia in two stages.