1.2 million doses of vaccine arrive


Precious cargo: Workers unloading the Covid-19 vaccine at the Jakarta International Airport. — AFP

JAKARTA said 1.2 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by China-based biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech has arrived in the country.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said in a televised address that another 1.8 million doses are expected to arrive in early January.

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