Good News! Indonesia Receives 1,000 Vintilators, 2.5 Million COVID Vaccines And Oxygen Cylinders From Australia

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JAKARTA - The Australian government's cooperation support in the form of 1,000 ventilators has arrived in Indonesia before midnight, Friday, July 9 yesterday. This assistance is a form of cooperation and collaboration between Indonesia and Australia as friendly countries and comprehensive strategic partners.

This was conveyed by the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an electronic message received by journalists, Saturday, July 10. In addition to ventilators, Australia will also send 2.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, oxygen concentrators, oxygen cylinders, antigen test kits, and other medical equipment in stages.

Apart from Australia, several other friendly countries have also offered support to Indonesia in dealing with the surge in COVID-19 cases, namely Singapore, the United States, the Netherlands, Japan, Britain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), India, China and other international entities.

Previously, some of the cooperation support for the handling of the pandemic from Singapore had also arrived in the form of ventilators, oxygen cylinders, and other medical equipment. In addition, some oxygen concentrators purchased from Singapore have also arrived.

Cooperation and collaboration are key in dealing with the development of the increase in cases of infection and death due to COVID-19 that occurred in various regions of the world due to the new variant of the corona virus.