Indonesia turns to China to help plug Covid-19 vaccine shortage after AstraZeneca delays,


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JAKARTA (REUTERS) - Indonesia is in talks with China on getting as many as 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to plug a gap in deliveries after delays in the arrivals of AstraZeneca shots, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on Wednesday (April 7). He told a parliamentary hearing that Indonesia would receive 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine via a bilateral deal this year, instead of the 50 million doses initially agreed. The remaining 30 million doses were due to be shipped by the second quarter of next year, he said. Mr Budi said the government had "embarked on...