President Joko Widodo said he ordered the Finance Minister to reallocate the state budget to provide free vaccines. - Reuters
JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo announced on Wednesday (Dec 16) that he will be the first recipient of a Covid-19 vaccine in Indonesia and the vaccination will be available free to all Indonesians.
"I want to emphasise once again that I will become the first one to be vaccinated. This is to build trust and certainty among the public that the vaccines are safe," he said in an address from the presidential palace live-streamed on YouTube.
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