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China helps Indonesia build COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing hub

China is actively supporting Indonesia in building a COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing hub, Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia Xiao Qian told a webinar on November 18.
China helps Indonesia build COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing hub ảnh 1People wearing face masks in Indonesia - Illustrative image (Photo: xinhua/VNA)
Jakarta (VNA) - China is actively supporting Indonesia in building a COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing hub, Chinese Ambassador toIndonesia Xiao Qian told a webinar on November 18.

Vaccine cooperation has become a new highlight of bilateral relations between the two countries, Xiao stressed.

Five Chinese companies are working closely with theirIndonesian counterparts to support the production of vaccinesthrough varied technical routes, he noted.

By the start of November, Sinovac and Sinopharm had supplied41 batches of vaccines to Indonesia, totaling 247 million doses, accounting for 80 percent of the volume of vaccines receivedby Indonesia, he said.

Indonesia is competing with India and the Republic of Koreato emerge as a hub for training and transfer of knowledge for COVID-19 vaccineproduction in the Asia-Pacific region, Director of Socio-cultural Affairs andInternational Organisations of Developing Countries at the Indonesian Ministryof Foreign Affairs Penny D. Herasati said.

Vaccine hubs are being planned by the World Health Organisation(WHO) in several regions to achieve global herd immunity, she added./.
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