Indonesia: Govt expects emergency vaccine approval within weeks; Covid-19 total surges past 758,000

A medical professional at a community health centre (Puskesmas) in Tapos, Depok, West Java, administers a vaccine during a Covid-19 vaccination simulation. - Jakarta Post/Asian News Network

JAKARTA, Jan 2 (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Indonesia has received the second consignment of Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech's Covid-19 candidate vaccine, with the government seeking authorization for the vaccine’s emergency use within weeks.

The additional 1.8 million doses of the CoronaVac vaccine arrived at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Thursday (Dec 31), bringing the total to 3 million ready-to-use doses Indonesia has received so far after the first batch arrived on Dec 6.