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Indonesia seeks to launch homegrown Covid-19 vaccine in 3rd quarter

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JAKARTA - Indonesia will seek to launch a homegrown Covid-19 vaccine in August, with the first phase of clinical trials for the Merah Putih vaccine now underway.

Analysts said it was an important development for Indonesia, where more than 65 per cent of the eligible population have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, if a vaccine can be produced domestically from a trusted source.

Professor Fedik Abdul Rantam, who leads Airlangga University's vaccine research team, told The Straits Times the vaccine will protect humans from existing coronavirus variants. He did not mention any specific variant. Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous nation of 270 million, has so far relied on foreign vaccines,mainly the Chinese-made Sinovac, that it purchased or received as donations for its vaccination campaign.

Biotis Pharmaceuticals Indonesia president director FX Sudirman told The Straits Times the company will initially focus on providing booster jabs for children.

 

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