Health
Indonesia authorises private COVID-19 vaccination scheme – Thomson Reuters Foundation
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/INDONESIA-VACCINE (URGENT):Indonesia authorises private COVID-19 vaccination scheme
(Adds details of regulation)
By Stanley Widianto
JAKARTA, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Indonesia has authorised a private vaccination scheme to run alongside its national programme so that companies can buy state-procured vaccines to inoculate their staff, a ministerial regulation showed on Friday.
The scheme, which will be one of the few private vaccination progammes in the world, has drawn some criticism from health experts who warn it could worsen inequity.
The world’s fourth most populous country has…
-
Noosa News16 hours agoCommissioner thanks police officer who threw a speed radar at a car
-
Noosa News21 hours agoBrisbane news live: Federal fund for council’s cyclone clean-up dries up
-
Noosa News14 hours agoNo matter what happens in his Origin debut, history beckons for rookie maroon Robert Toia
-
Noosa News23 hours agoDifficult to diagnose and potentially deadly — this lesser-known disease is becoming more common