Indonesia aims to start administering Covid-19 vaccines next month

Indonesia started training health officials at community clinics to administer Covid-19 vaccines from late September. - AFP

JAKARTA, Oct 13 (The Straits Times/ANN): Indonesia is aiming to start administering coronavirus vaccines early next month by relying on supply from Chinese drugmakers as the world's fourth-most populous country fights a health crisis that may result in its first recession in more than two decades.

The Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs yesterday said 100,000 doses will be supplied by CanSino Biologics, the first Chinese company to test a Covid-19 vaccine on humans, next month.