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Indonesia approves first home-grown Covid vaccine for emergency use

FILE PHOTO: A child receives the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine at an elementary school in Jakarta on Dec 15, 2021, as part of a government programme to vaccinate children aged 6 to 11. Indonesia has approved its first domestically-produced Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use for people over 18, media said on Wednesday. (AFP)

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

The Indovac vaccine has been developed by Indonesia's state-owned pharmaceutical company Bio Farma and the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

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