Jakarta expands Covid-19 vaccination to those 18 and older


A man receives a dose of China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine against Covid-19 during a mass vaccination programme rollout in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on June 8, 2021. - Antara via Reuters

JAKARTA (Bloomberg): Indonesia’s capital will let those aged 18 years and older to start getting vaccinated against Covid-19 as the government seeks to speed up its inoculation programme.

The health ministry has sent a letter to the provincial government to allow it, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, spokeswoman for the government’s Covid-19 task force, said by text message.

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