Access fears spur race for vaccine


Hoping for the best: Experts are optimistic that they will be able to start trials in the second half of 2021. — Reuters

The country is working to produce its own Covid-19 vaccine next year, amid growing anxiety that developing countries could have difficulty getting access to a future jab, the head of Indonesia’s national Covid-19 research team said.

“The production capability and capacity of biotech companies in the world is, we know, limited, and global supply chains also have challenges, ” Ali Ghufron Mukti, head of the innovation team at Indonesia’s research and technology ministry, said on Thursday during a streamed press conference alongside the country’s foreign minister.

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