Australia Dispatches 2.5M Vaccine Doses to Reinforce Indonesia’s Pandemic Battle
A woman receives a dose of Sinovac's Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine during a vaccination drive in Banda Aceh, Indonesia on July 7, 2021. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
The Australian government has stepped in to assist Indonesia in its battle to stem the spread of COVID-19 in the country, pledging 2.5 million doses of the locally manufactured AstraZeneca vaccine.
Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world, is grappling with a second wave of the pandemic.
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