16 million doses of China's Sinovac vaccine arrive in Indonesia; 6,107 new cases reported as virus total hits 1,482,559


JAKARTA, March 25 (Xinhua): A total of 16 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine in bulk produced by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech arrived on Thursday at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang district, Banten province.

"With this arrival of 16 million doses, it means cumulatively we have received 53.5 million doses of vaccine in bulk," Deputy Health Minister Dante Harbuwono told a virtual press conference on Thursday.

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