A shipment of 1,600 vaccine doses, the second from the Scandinavian country, is expected to arrive next week, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on Tuesday.
he government has ordered thousands of doses of mpox vaccines from Denmark in an effort to prevent the illness’ spread, amid escalating global concern over the viral infection.
A shipment of 1,600 vaccine doses, the second from the Scandinavian country, is expected to arrive next week, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on Tuesday.
Authorities placed the second order as the stock of the first batch of 1,000 doses dwindled, having been distributed to high-risk groups.
The minister said the government would procure additional mpox vaccines from other countries that manufactured them, such as Japan.
“We’ve received an order from [President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo] to get closer with the Japanese government for more vaccines,” Budi said, as quoted by kompas.com.
The Health Ministry previously said it would prepare 4,450 vaccine doses for 2,250 people, with each recipient getting two doses, a target higher than last year’s mpox vaccination figure of 495 people.
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