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Indonesia: the president announces that he will be the first vaccinated

2020-12-16T10:26:04.478Z


President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday December 16 that he would be the first Indonesian to receive the Covid-19 vaccine during a campaign that will be free for all. Read also: Research, clinical trials, quality controls: how do you make a vaccine? “ I am announcing today that the vaccine against Covid-19 will be free for all citizens. And that I will be the first to receive the vaccine, ”wrote


President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday December 16 that he would be the first Indonesian to receive the Covid-19 vaccine during a campaign that will be free for all.

Read also: Research, clinical trials, quality controls: how do you make a vaccine?

I am announcing today that the vaccine against Covid-19 will be free for all citizens.

And that I will be the first to receive the vaccine,

”wrote the leader on his twitter account.

Thus, "

there will be no reason for people not to be vaccinated or to doubt the safety of this vaccine,

" he said.

However, the presidency did not indicate which vaccine he would use and when the vaccination campaign could begin.

Indonesian authorities initially planned to vaccinate only caregivers, government officials, members of the police and the military free of charge.

Unlike many countries, the Indonesian government has indicated that it wants to prioritize the active, aged 18 to 59, over the older ones.

Joko Widodo announced on Wednesday that the vaccine would ultimately be free for everyone, thanks to a reallocation of resources.

"

I asked the Minister of Finance to give priority (to vaccination) and to redirect budgets

" to make free vaccination of the population possible, he detailed in a televised speech.

To date, Jakarta has secured cumulative delivery commitments of more than 350 million doses, according to the Global Health Innovation Center at US Duke University.

Not yet enough to provide two doses to its population of nearly 270 million.

Indonesia received a first shipment of 1.2 million doses of the vaccine manufactured by Sinovac in early December and 1.8 million doses are expected in January.

The country is the most affected in Southeast Asia by the virus with some 630,000 cases and more than 19,000 deaths from Covid-19.

However, the scale of the epidemic in the archipelago is considered largely underestimated in these statistics, despite the country having a particularly low test rate per capita.

The Indonesian capital Jakarta will increase restrictions from Friday until January 8, urging employees to work mostly at home after an increase in contamination.

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", announces Ursula von der Leyen

Source: lefigaro

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