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Jokowi demands harsh penalty for institutions caught administering fake vaccines
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Angry parents demand answers at Harapan Bunda Hospital, East Jakarta. Hospital management is yet to provide an official statement regarding the alleged use of fake vaccines. (thejakartapost.com/Callistasia Anggun Wijaya)
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resident Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has urged that the 14 health facilities, eight clinics and suppliers be firmly punished if proven guilty of having administered or supplied fake vaccines, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung has said.
Jokowi plans to gather law enforcers and related ministries to enhance law enforcement for vaccine distribution.
"This is a forgery of a fundamental medicine for human life, babies. This act is really inhumane. There must be strong, decisive action taken against the perpetrators and anyone who benefited from it," Pram said on Friday.
He further said that Jokowi was taking the fake vaccine scandal seriously and had continued to keep an eye on the progress of the case, especially after the Health Minister stated on Thursday that 14 health facilities and eight clinics are alleged to have administered the fake vaccines.
"The president follows everything in the media and on social media, and always gets updated reports on the matter," he added.
During a hearing with the House of Representatives Commission IX overseeing health and manpower, Health Minister Nila F. Moeloek disclosed the results of the National Police's Criminal Investigation Division (Bareskrim) investigation detailing the distributors of the fake vaccines.
Based on the investigation, fake vaccines supplied to health facilities and midwife clinics are alleged to have been ordered through Juanda CV Azka Medika. It was also alleged that fake vaccines were mostly distributed by submitting a price list to the health facility’s procurement department, with orders later authorized by the directors of the respective health facilities, Nila said. (ags)
