Indonesia Pins Hope on Vaccine as Covid Cases Rise
After botching response to pandemic, President demands production in three months
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By: Ainur Rohmah
The Indonesian government, which has badly misplayed its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, is looking to clinical trials of a vaccine developed in cooperation with the China-based biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech, generating concerns that officials will rush out an immunization process without proper testing.
As of July 21, the…
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