One Million Doses Of AstraZeneca Vaccine Coming Again This Morning

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JAKARTA - Indonesia has again received the arrival of vaccine stocks with the delivery of the 26th stage. This morning, as many as 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine arrived at Soekatno Hatta Airport.

"Today, we have received 1,041,400 doses of ready-made vaccines from AstraZeneca again. The total vaccines we have received so far this morning are 141,315,880 vaccines," said Secretary General of the Ministry of Health Oscar Primadi in the Presidential Secretariat Youtube broadcast, Friday, July 16. .

The vaccine that arrived this morning is part of a bilateral agreement between AstraZeneca and the Indonesian government to send 50 million doses of vaccine directly to Indonesia.

"We would like to thank AstraZeneca for helping the people of Indonesia to obtain vaccinations and to all parties who have helped facilitate the arrival and distribution of the vaccines we have received from all corners of the province in Indonesia," he said.

With the presence of a vaccine, Oscar said the government is optimistic that it can accelerate and expand the vaccination program. Thus, the target of 2 million vaccines per day in August can be achieved.

Oscar said that the acceleration of vaccination is important in order to reduce the rate of spread of the virus which is currently increasing. Because, after receiving a complete two-dose vaccination, the body will be well protected.

"Although in this case, maybe (still) exposed to the COVID-19 virus, but the symptoms will certainly be mild and the risk of death will be minimized with the vaccination that we carry out," explained Oscar.

"The symptoms that are generally felt from people with COVID-19 will certainly not be as great as expected, of course after we have been vaccinated," he added.