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Indonesia's bid to develop its own coronavirus vaccines either is marred with questionable trials backed by politicians or government plans to dissolve the research ministry that has helmed the country's vaccine consortium.
Indonesia has two locally developed candidate vaccines: the Merah Putih vaccine, being developed by a national consortium led by the Research and Technology Ministry, and the Nusantara vaccine, initiated by former health minister Terawan Agus Putranto.
When President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo delivered his uncharacteristically fiery speech in front of his ministers back in June this year, the harsh tone might as well have been directed at Terawan and Terawan alone.
