VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

Indonesian President Joko Widodo said that currently the government is developing a Covid-19 vaccine. The Vaccine development is carried out outside of Indonesia's cooperation with other countries. President Jokowi predicted that the vaccine, called the Red and White vaccine, would be completed in the middle of next year.

"For the past three months we have developed our own vaccine from isolates developed from Covid-19 circulating in Indonesia. We hope that this red and white vaccine will also be completed soon and it is estimated that this will be completed later in the middle of 2021," said Jokowi while observing the phase three clinical trial of the Sinovac vaccine at the Faculty of Medicine, Padjadjaran University, Bandung, West Java, Tuesday, which was broadcast by the Presidential Secretariat YouTube.

President Joko Widodo explained that a number of institutions are involved in the development of the Red and White vaccine, including the Eijkman Institute, the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), the Food and Drug Administration, the Ministry of Research and Technology, and a number of universities.

The President further explained that Indonesia is also working with several other countries, including China，United Arab Emirates and South Korea. According to the President, by opening itself up to work together, Indonesia can as quickly as possible vaccinate all its people. (Setkab, youtube Presidential Secretariat / Nouva)