Tomorrow, 1.8 Million Doses Of Sinovac Vaccine Come Again

Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said that the government will bring back the Sinovac vaccine tomorrow. This vaccine is imported from a company from China.

"From the bilateral track, God willing, 1.8 million synovac vaccines will arrive tomorrow," said Retno in a virtual press conference, Wednesday, December 30.

With the plan for the arrival of this vaccine, Indonesia will secure 3 million doses of Sinovac vaccine in the country.

Apart from the sinovac vaccine, the government has also succeeded in securing vaccine supplies, namely Astra Zeneca and Novavax

"There are 50 million doses of vaccines imported from Canada and the UK each. We have signed a supply security signing from Astra Zeneca and Novavax today," said Retno.

Retno said Indonesia had contributed through the CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations) to procure world vaccines.

Retno continued, this is in line with the principle that Indonesia has always emphasized since the beginning of the pandemic, namely equal access to safe and affordable vaccines.

"All this shows that Indonesia is not only thinking about its own needs but also contributing so that other countries can get equal access to vaccines," he said.

The COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Indonesia via Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Cengkareng, Sunday, December 6 at around 21.25 WIB. The vaccine is transported using an aircraft belonging to the airline PT Garuda Indonesia Tbk (GIAA), an aircraft of the Boeing 777-300ER type.

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said the number of vaccines that had arrived in the country was 1.2 million doses. Jokowi said that the arrival of this vaccine is good news and new hope in handling the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

"Today the government has received 1.2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. This vaccine is made by Sinovac, which we have been testing clinically in Bandung since August 2020," Jokowi said on Sunday, November 6.