Indonesia suspends use of CTMAV547 batch of AstraZeneca vaccine following death; Covid-19 total now almost 1.74 million

JAKARTA, May 16 (Xinhua): The Indonesian government has suspended the use of the CTMAV547 batch of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine following the death of a recipient in the capital of Jakarta recently, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.

"Not all batches of the AstraZeneca vaccine have been stopped for distribution and use, only the CTMAV547 batch, while waiting for the results of an investigation and testing from BPOM (Indonesia's national agency of drug and food control) for around one or two weeks," said Siti Nadia Tarmizi, the health ministry spokesperson for vaccination.