Jokowi: Indonesia aims to vaccinate 40 million people by June as country's Covid-19 total goes above 1.368 million


A woman wearing a protective mask reacts as she receives a dose of China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine for the coronavirus disease at a drive-thru vaccination station, during the mass vaccination program for elderly people, in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 5, 2021.- Reuters

JAKARTA, March 5 (Reuters): Indonesia plans to inject one million people per day with the coronavirus vaccine and 40 million people by June as part of a mass vaccination drive targetting 181.5 million people, President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has announced.

The South-East Asian country's Covid-19 caseload is among the worst in Asia, with more than 1.36 million infections and 36,800 deaths, although new cases have dropped significantly in the past month.

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