Indonesia places bet on Chinese coronavirus vaccines

A woman wearing a face shield to prevent the spread of coronavirus outbreak sits in front of a food stall in Tangerang. Indonesia's government said more than a million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by China-based biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech arrived in the country and more are expected to arrive in early January. - (AP

JAKARTA, Dec 13 (AFP): Indonesia is betting that China-made coronavirus vaccines can help it tackle one of the worst outbreaks in Asia, but analysts warn it is a wager that could leave them holding a high-interest diplomatic IOU.

Beijing has promised poorer nations priority access to its inoculations, in an attempt to repair an image tarnished by the pandemic, which started in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.