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Jakarta - Voice of Indonesia. Indonesia received 1.2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in finished form on Sunday (06/12) at around 09.00 WIB.

This vaccine arrives using a Garuda Indonesia plane with special cargo via the Jakarta-Beijing-Jakarta route.

This was conveyed by Airlangga Hartarto, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy who is also Chairman of the Committee for Handling Covid-19 and National Economic Recovery (KPC-PEN) in his statement delivered online Sunday night.

Airlangga added that the vaccine must pass the evaluation stage from the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) and wait for the fatwa of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) regarding its halal aspects.

"Even though the vaccines have arrived and are in Indonesia, implementing vaccination must pass the evaluation stage from the POM (Drug and Food Control) to ensure aspects of quality, safety, and effectiveness," Airlangga said.

In addition, they also have to wait for the fatwa of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) for the halal aspect.

Furthermore, Airlangga Hartarto conveyed that in completing testing, tracing, and treatment or 3T efforts and wearing masks, washing hands, and maintaining distance or 3M, vaccination is a very important effort in ending a pandemic.

Airlangga added that these 3 things, namely 3T, 3M, and vaccination must always go hand in hand until the entire population of Indonesia and the world is completely free from the COVID-19 pandemic.

In his statement, Airlangga Hartarto stated that vaccination would be carried out in stages by prioritizing health workers and public service workers who had been technically regulated by the Minister of Health. (VOI)