JAKARTA - The government through the Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Chief of Army Staff General TNI Andika Perkasa, and Head of the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) Penny K Lukito have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) related to dendritic cell service-based research.
The signing was witnessed by the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia Muhajir Effendy at the Army Headquarters, Jakarta, Monday, April 19.
Deputy Chairman of Commission IX of the Indonesian Parliament, Emanuel Melkiades Laka Lena, appreciated the government's steps which have given way for the Nusantara Vaccine to continue its development.
"We express our high appreciation to the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy, for the initiative that a solution has been made to keep pushing the Nusantara Vaccine to continue using the correct mechanism and according to the applicable regulations and based on scientific principles", said Melki Laka Lena, Tuesday, April 20.
The agreement is a step forward to continue the dendritic cell research process so that the Nusantara Vaccine can still be developed.
"And, it could be wrong to solve COVID-19 in the country or even the world if this scientific research really proves what the researchers conveyed", continued Melki.
The chairman of the DPD Golkar Party also encouraged researchers throughout the archipelago to continue to develop products for the nation's children that could be used internationally.
"The Indonesian vaccine has actually been recognized by WHO and meets scientific principles and regulatory regulations, researchers should not be afraid to continue to innovate in the context of guaranteeing needs, including for COVID-19", said Melki.
Melki guaranteeing, Commission IX of the Indonesian Parliament and all members of the council will continue to support researchers to accelerate the development of the NusantaraVaccine which is expected to be the answer to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
"We encourage the general public. to continue to have effective and productive discussions. We see that the current debate is part of the love of researchers to jointly develop Indonesian vaccines", said Melki.
The East Nusa Tenggara electoral legislator also paid tribute to the Army Chief of Staff, General Andika and his staff, RSPAD (Army Central Hospital), Diponegoro University, and researchers from Kariyadi Hospital Semarang, researchers from Balitbangkes. As well as the volunteers in this study.
According to Melki, the number of volunteers in Semarang, which initially numbered 27 in RSPAD continued to increase. These volunteers, he said, are heroes who are ready to give their bodies to be examples before claiming or advancing to a bigger phase.
"Hopefully research will really be an option to help this nation get good treatment for handling COVID-19 in this country", said Melki.
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