Indonesia to begin mass immunization with Chinese COVID-19 vaccine next week
A COVID-19 patient exercises at Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium which is turned into isolation center for people showing symptoms amid the coronavirus outbreak in Bekasi on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 5, 2021. (AP Photo)
by REUTERS
Jan 05, 2021 9:43 am


Indonesia will begin its nationwide COVID-19 mass vaccination program on Jan. 13, the country's health minister said on Tuesday.

The program will launch in Jakarta, with President Joko Widodo set to be given the first shot, Budi Gunadi Sadikin said in a statement, and vaccinations in other regions are set to start in the next two days.

The government has previously said 1.3 million frontline workers are set to be among the first to receive the vaccines made by China's Sinovac Biotech.