Indonesia says to receive up to 23.1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine through COVAX scheme

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31 January, 2021, 07:00 pm
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Delivery is expected to be split into two stages, though authorities are awaiting an emergency use listing approval by the World Health Organization, it said in a statement
A boy peeks outside from a window, as large-scale social restrictions were introduced to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Depok, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana

Indonesia will receive 13.7 million to 23.1 million doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine through the COVAX global vaccine sharing scheme, its foreign ministry said on Sunday.

Delivery is expected to be split into two stages, though authorities are awaiting an emergency use listing approval by the World Health Organization, it said in a statement. 

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