Indonesia approves first homegrown Covid-19 vaccine

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 01, 2022 12:11 am

Jakarta, Indonesia: Indonesia has approved its first locally developed Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, the head of the country's public health agency said Friday, hailing it as a step toward 'the nation's independence in access to medicine'.

Jakarta has stressed the importance of developing national vaccines since the beginning of the pandemic but it currently relies on China's Sinovac and the Western-made Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA jabs.

People wearing masks wait for buses at a bus stop in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 28, 2022. Indonesia has approved its first locally developed Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, the head of the country's public health agency said on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, hailing it as a step toward the nation's independence in access to medicine. XINHUA PHOTO

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