Indonesia grants emergency use authorisation to Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine

Reuters

11/01/2021

09:18 MYT

Indonesia grants emergency use authorisation to Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine

A nurse holds a syringe before administering an injection to a volunteer in the trial stage of the Coronavac, SinoVac's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, at Emilio Ribas Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil December 11, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

JAKARTA:Indonesia's food and drug agency on Monday granted emergency use approval to a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech, as it became the first country outside China to give the regulatory greenlight to the vaccine.

Interim data from a late-stage human test in Indonesia showed the shot was 65.3% effective, Penny K. Lukito, who heads the country's food and drugs authority BPOM said.