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Indonesia approves first home-grown Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use: Media reports

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Indonesia approves first home-grown Covid vaccine for emergency use: media

JAKARTA - Indonesia has approved its first domestically produced Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use for people over 18, the head of the country's food and drugs agency was quoted by news media as saying on Wednesday.

Ms Penny Lukito, the head of BPOM, was cited by news portal CNN Indonesia as saying the approval was"given as a primary vaccine for adults". It also said it has sought a halal certificate - which would make the vaccine permissible under Islam - from the relevant authorities. Indonesia is the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation.

 

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