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Erick Thohir: Bio Farma will be ready to produce 250 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year

06 August 2020 08:16

JAKARTA. Minister of SOEs Erick Thohir stated that PT Bio Farma (Persero) would be able to produce 250 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of 2020.

Thohir conveyed this when visiting Bio Farma's production facility on Tuesday in Bandung, West Java. On that occasion, Thohir also reviewed the readiness of the third phase of COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial conducted by Bio Farma with Sinovac, a biopharmaceutical company from China, and the Eijkman Biomolecular Institute.

"We are now ready to produce 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine per year and at the end of the year, we will be ready to produce 250 million doses per year," said Thohir.

In addition, Thohir added that the Indonesian government is prioritizing the procurement of the COVID-19 vaccine. The minister, who also serves as coordinator of the COVID-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery Committee, said Biofarma has produced various vaccines since 1980.

"We are maximizing clinical trials and production of the COVID-19 vaccine so that next year, people can be vaccinized immediately," said Thohir. (KR/AR)

 
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