Joko wants Covid-19 vaccine test to be completed; Indonesia reports 1,693 cases for a 128,776-total


Students of SMA 1 state senior high school in Bogor, West Java, attend the school’s orientation programme. Indonesia reported 1,693 within one day and the total now stands at 128,776, with the death toll adding by 59 to 5,824, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday (Aug 11). - The Jakarta post/ANN

JAKARTA, Aug 11 (Xinhua): Indonesian President Joko Widodo has expressed his hope that the third phase of the clinical test on anti-Covid-19 (coronavirus) vaccine would be completed within six months.

The vaccine candidate is currently developed by China-based biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech in partnership with Indonesia's state-owned pharmaceutical holding company PT Bio Farma.

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