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Japan to send 2 million vaccine doses amid Indonesia's worst COVID-19 wave
The government has secured Japan's commitment to donate 2 million AstraZeneca doses as it scrambles to secure more vaccines and medicines to combat Indonesia's second and worst wave of infections to date
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Two vials of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are readied for a vaccine drive on March 22, 2021 in Jombang regency, East Java. (Antara/Syaiful Arif)
Japan has promised to send 2 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Indonesia early next month, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi announced on Tuesday as the archipelago continues to see an alarming surge in outbreaks and scrambles to secure more vaccines and medicines.
Retno said she had been speaking with her Japanese and Indian counterparts on Monday ahead of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting the following day, with the respective discussions focusing on vaccine-sharing arrangements and relaxing export restrictions on COVID-19 drugs.
“As a result of intensive communication and meetings with the Japanese Foreign Minister, Japan will donate around 2 million doses of finished vaccines to Indonesia, of which 1 million doses are planned to arrive by July 1, while a second shipment is scheduled to arrive in mid-July,” Retno said in a statement on Tuesday morning.
Her meeting with Japan also explored cooperation on COVID-19 therapeutic drugs, with Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi promising to look into the possibility of providing the drugs Indonesia needs the most.
While the Indonesian Foreign Ministry has confirmed AstraZeneca as the vaccine product Japan would be sharing with Indonesia, neither country has specified which drugs would be distributed to Indonesia.
