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Reuters
Reuters
Health
By Stanley Widianto and Kate Lamb

Indonesia in talks with African countries to export its homemade COVID shot

FILE PHOTO: Packages of Bio Farma's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are seen at Command Center and Vaccine Distribution Management System (SMDV) of Bio Farma in Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia, January 7, 2021. Antara Foto/M Agung Rajasa via REUTERS

Indonesia is in talks with several African countries, including Nigeria, to export and donate its homemade COVID-19 vaccine, its developer said on Friday, after becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to approve a domestically developed COVID shot.

Indonesian approval for the shot, the detailed trial data of which has yet to be announced and is primarily based on coroanvirus variants preceding Omicron, underscores progress in vaccine research and in reducing reliance on foreign technology.

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