Indonesia COVID-19 Daily Update: 3,267 New Cases

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The COVID-19 mitigation task force reported 3,267 new confirmed cases on Monday, October 12, 2020. 

Based on the Health Ministry’s data as of 12 p.m. today, the additional number of infections were obtained from 39,285 specimen tests. Thus, the country’s total tally hits 336,716. 

Indonesia also saw an increase in recovery number at 3,492, pushing the total number of patients who were declared cured to 11,935 people.

The Mitigation Committee and the National Economic Recovery chairman Airlangga Hartarto said President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo instructed the roadmap of the COVID-19 vaccination should be completed this week.

“The President asks the roadmap of the vaccination should be finished this week,” said Airlangga after a limited meeting led by the President via video conference today.

To date, he added, the committee had mapped out the target of recipients, financing, procurement, schedule, and the budget.

Several vaccine manufacturing companies, Airlangga went on, had committed to supply COVID-19 vaccines for Indonesia, such as Sinovac, Sinopharm, and Cansino. The vaccine purchase and delivery will take place after the completion of clinical trial phase 3. Several other companies, namely AstraZeneca, Novavax, Pfizer, and CEPI, are also in talks for the vaccine procurement.

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