Sinovac Vaccine Phase 3 Complete The Procurement Of 426 Million Vaccines In Indonesia, Here Are The Data

Vaccine Sinovac / DOK. BPMI Setpres

JAKARTA - The government through the Minister of Health (Menkes) Budi Gunadi Sadikin claims to have succeeded in ensuring the availability of 663 million COVID-19 vaccines to overcome the pandemic. The number of vaccines is planned to be given to 181 million Indonesians who are included in the priority scale for handling the pandemic.

Hundreds of millions of doses of this vaccine were imported by the government through the Ministry of Health from a number of producing countries. Actually, the number of vaccines that RI needs is 426 million vaccines for people over 18 years of age.

The vaccine surplus will later be allocated for further treatment and for future government reserves.

"We are finalizing a contract with Pfizer to be able to bring in 329 million doses of vaccine," said the Minister of Health in a meeting with Commission IX DPR-RI today, Tuesday, January 12.

In addition to bilateral efforts with producing countries, Indonesia, called Minister of Health Budi Gunadi, also utilizes multilateral channels through the COVAX GAVI, which is an international cooperation unit for the development of the COVID-19 vaccine under the supervision of the World Health Organization (WHO).

However, the Minister of Health said that this strategic step was still an option and there was no allocation for vaccine procurement through the COVAX GAVI.

In the field work, the process of vaccinating 181 million people with an estimated use of 426 million doses is estimated to take up to 15 years.

Meanwhile, the initial stage of national vaccination will start on Wednesday, January 13 until the end of February 2021 with a target of 1.48 million health workers. Next, there are 17.4 million public service officers in the period March to April 2021.

Meanwhile, the elderly vulnerable group (elderly), will be carried out a new vaccination process awaiting clinical trials of the efficacy of the Sinovac vaccine.

Separately, Doni Monardo, Head of the COVID-19 Task Force, today received 15 million doses of Sinovac vaccine, which had just arrived via Soekarno Hatta Airport.

Together with the Minister of Religion, Yaqut Qholil Choumas, Doni directly observed the loading and unloading process of the vaccines which were in the third stage of the shipment.

"We continue to remind the public to be obedient and not lax in implementing 3M's health protocol, namely washing hands with soap and running water, wearing masks and maintaining distance from crowds," he said in an official statement, Tuesday, January 12.

Doni added that the provision of vaccines must also be parallel to compliance with health protocols and not only by one person, but all elements of society.

"That this vaccine should not make us loose. This vaccine must be balanced with adherence to health protocols, "he said.

The following is complete data on the procurement of the COVID-19 vaccine in Indonesia.