Indonesia signs deal with Sinovac for Covid vaccine

First shipment: A doctor holds a box of Sinovac vaccine at a h ospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Sinovac will ship the concentrate to Indonesia in five equal stages between November and March. — Reuters

JAKARTA: Indonesia signed an agreement with China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd for 50 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine concentrate that will allow state-owned PT Bio Farma to produce doses locally.

Sinovac would ship the concentrate in five equal stages between November and March, vaccine maker Bio Farma said in a statement. Beijing-based Sinovac also granted priority access for bulk supply to Indonesia until the end of 2021.