Budi Gunadi Sadikin said the deal with AstraZeneca would be finalized before the end of the year, while an agreement with Pfizer would be signed in the first week of January. Medical workers will be included in the first wave of vaccinations between January and April, along with public servants. The second wave will cover those in infection "red-zone" areas. Bambang Heriyanto, corporate secretary of state-owned drug maker Bio Farma, said the strategy would allow Indonesia to reach herd immunity. In total, Indonesia has secured 329 million vaccine doses, including about 125 million from China's Sinovac, 50 million from Novavax and 54 million from the global vaccine program Covax.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 29, 2020 10:52 UTC