Indonesia receives first Covid-19 vaccine from China's Sinovac

Officials spray disinfectant to coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccines from China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd. as they arrive at PT Bio Farma (Persero) in the first shipment to Indonesia in Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia, Dec 7, 2020. - Reuters

JAKARTA (Reuters): Indonesia received its first shipment of coronavirus vaccine from China on Sunday (Dec 6), President Joko Widodo said, as the government prepares a mass inoculation programme.

Widodo said in an online briefing that the Southeast Asian country received 1.2 million doses from China's Sinovac Biotech, a vaccine Indonesia has been testing since August.