Bio Farma Produces Three Million Sinovac VaccinesIndonesia ExpatJanuary 21, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 21, 20210236 PT Bio Farma (Persero) started production of the CoronaVac vaccine at its production facility in Bandung on 14th January. In...
25 Volunteers Affected by Coronavirus in the Sinovac Clinical TrialIndonesia ExpatJanuary 19, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 19, 20210438 Molecular biologist Ahmad Rusdan Handoyo has responded to the Head of the COVID-19 Vaccine Research Team at Padjadjaran University Kusnandi...
23 Norwegian Citizens Die After Receiving COVID-19 VaccineIndonesia ExpatJanuary 16, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 16, 20210440 As many as 23 elderly Norwegian citizens who received the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech have died soon after. Of...
No Independent COVID-19 Vaccine OptionsIndonesia ExpatJanuary 14, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 14, 20210334 Deputy Minister of Health Dante Saksono Harbuwono has emphasized that until now, the government has not opened the option of...
Indonesian Search for Over 116 Million COVID-19 VaccinesIndonesia ExpatDecember 11, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 11, 20200484 Indonesia has managed to secure 155.5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, but are still looking for an additional 116...
Sinovac COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives in IndonesiaIndonesia ExpatDecember 7, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 7, 20200588 Ready-to-use vaccines from Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac, arrived in Indonesia on the night of Sunday 6th December. Based on a...
Pfizer: COVID-19 Vaccine 90% Effective Against VirusIndonesia ExpatNovember 10, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatNovember 10, 202001095 The results of preliminary analysis of testing of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has shown up to...
Minister of Health Reveals Estimated Price of COVID-19 Vaccines in IndonesiaIndonesia ExpatOctober 26, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatOctober 26, 20200586 The COVID-19 vaccine in Indonesia is targeted to be available next month, November 2020. If the Food and Drug Supervisory...
Australian Policy Impacts Tourism in BaliIndonesia ExpatOctober 16, 2020October 17, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatOctober 16, 2020October 17, 202003106 The Australian government has said it will not allow any Australian citizens to travel to Bali until the end of...
Jokowi Stimulates Vaccine Distribution in Bali and BandungIndonesia ExpatOctober 13, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatOctober 13, 202002683 Bali has been confirmed as a priority area for COVID-19 vaccines after Jokowi announced that he is to visit the...
Indonesia to Begin Vaccine Programme in November 2020Indonesia ExpatOctober 13, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatOctober 13, 202002644 The Indonesian government will start a COVID-19 vaccine programme in early November 2020. The announcement was made by Minister of...
COVID-19 Vaccine Priorities Confirmed, Production UnderwayIndonesia ExpatOctober 1, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatOctober 1, 20200949 Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto ha said two groups of people, medical personnel and employees aged 18-59 years, will...
Half Million Sharks May Be Killed for COVID-19 VaccineIndonesia ExpatSeptember 28, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatSeptember 28, 202001019 One of the ingredients for making one of the COVID-19 vaccine is shark liver, which can produce a natural oil...
COVID-19 Vaccine Update in IndonesiaIndonesia ExpatSeptember 11, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatSeptember 11, 202001205 Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) and Chief Executive of the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery (PCPEN), Erick...
Coronavirus Vaccine Injection Begins January 2021Indonesia ExpatAugust 25, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatAugust 25, 202001294 President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) had confirmed that the government will begin a vaccination programme for Indonesians in 2021. This was...
COVID-19 Vaccine: Mass Distribution Due 2021Indonesia ExpatJuly 28, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatJuly 28, 202001109 At a briefing on Tuesday 28th July, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) declared that mass vaccinations will be carried out in...
Chinese Vaccine Arrives in BandungIndonesia ExpatJuly 21, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatJuly 21, 202001525 A COVID-19 vaccine developed in China by Sinovac Biotech arrived in Indonesia on Monday 20th July. It has been brought...
Janssen: Positive Initial Results for Coronavirus VaccineIndonesia ExpatApril 3, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatApril 3, 202001625 Pharmaceutical company Janssen is offering no guarantees, but the Dutch company is quietly confident as they currently work to develop...
Diphtheria Vaccine Efforts Undermined by Islamic Alternative Medicine CampaignersArdi WirdanaJanuary 16, 2018January 16, 2018 by Ardi WirdanaJanuary 16, 2018January 16, 20180586 Indonesia’s fight against a diphtheria outbreak is reportedly being undermined by some Islamic alternative health practitioners who claim vaccinations are...
Dengue Vaccine ControversyIndonesia ExpatDecember 5, 2017December 5, 2017 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 5, 2017December 5, 201701322 The outcry of dengue in Southeast Asia and the confusion and concern regarding its vaccine in the Philippines is something...
Dengue Vaccines. What Is the Situation in Indonesia? (Advertorial)Steven GraaffFebruary 28, 2017March 1, 2017 by Steven GraaffFebruary 28, 2017March 1, 201701702 There is a need for effective preventive interventions against dengue, a disease caused by four viruses, spread by mosquitos. Dengue...