Indonesian receives another batch of Sinovac vaccine in bulk as Covid-19 total surge past 1.82 million


A health worker takes a nasal swab sample from a person on a street in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on Monday, May 31, 2021. - AP

JAKARTA, May 31 (Xinhua): Indonesia's State Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir said on Monday that Indonesia has received another batch of Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine in bulk.

"Today, we again received the arrival of Sinovac vaccine to be used by the Indonesian people," Thohir, who is also executive chairman of the Committee for Covid-19 Handling and Economic Recovery, told a virtual press conference at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Tangerang district, Banten province.

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