Indonesia has approved the Sinovac Biotech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6-11, its food and drug agency said, following the U.S. FDA’s approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for younger kids. | Reuters
FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker wearing an Indonesian flag mask to mark the country’s 76th Independence Day, prepares a dose of China’s Sinovac Biotech vaccine against the coronavirus disease during a mass vaccination program in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
JAKARTA — Indonesia has approved the Sinovac Biotech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6-11, its food and drug agency said on Monday, following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for younger kids. Until Monday, Indonesia had cleared the Chinese-made Sinovac vaccine only for people aged 12 and above, of which it has the most amount in its arsenal with over 200 million doses.Penny K. Lukito, chief of the agency , told a news conference that the approval was “pleasant news. We’re sure that children’s vaccination is an urgent thing, especially now that…in-person learning has started.”
The approval comes as Indonesia is two months into its trial of in-person learning. Health minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that COVID-19 cases found in schools during this period “are relatively low.”
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