Indonesia: Govt set aside Rp37 trillion for Covid-19 vaccine procurement; total cases above 196,000

A volunteer receivingan injection of a Covid19 candidate vaccine during a phase III trial in Bandung, West Java. The trial is being conducted on more than 1,600 healthy people in five areas across the West Java capital. Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartanto announced that the government had earmarked Rp3.8 trillion for the down payment for purchasing Covid-19 vaccine. - The Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA, Sept 7 (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The Covid-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 2,880 within one day to 196,989, with the death toll adding by 105 to 8,130, the health ministry said on Monday.

According to the data released by the ministry, 2,077 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 140,652.