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Indonesia turns to China for more vaccines after AstraZeneca delays
Indonesia is in talks with China to secure as many as 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to plug a gap in deliveries after delays in the arrival of AstraZeneca shots.
Key points:
- China’s Sinovac has already supplied about 56 million doses to Indonesia
- AstraZeneca Indonesia aims to start its first deliveries in June
- More than 9.22 million people in Indonesia have already received at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine
Indonesia’s Health Minister, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, told a parliamentary hearing on Thursday the country would receive 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine via a bilateral deal in 2021, instead of the 50 million initially agreed upon.
The remaining 30 million doses were due to be shipped by the second quarter of 2022, he…
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