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Google Play Sinovac did not respond immediately to a request for comment. Bambang Heriyanto, corporate secretary of Bio Farma, the Indonesian company involved in the trials, said the Brazilian data still topped the World Health Organization’s benchmark of 50%, however. The Indonesian Medical Association, which says at least 259 Indonesian doctors died of COVID-19 by Saturday, is also encouraging use of the vaccine in the country of 270 million. “We could reduce the high number of deaths among doctors and medical workers,” said its head, Daeng M. Faqih. Indonesian doctors’ deaths amount to more than a third of India’s 736...
