The Race to Find COVID-19 Vaccine (2)

Indonesia is working even more closely with China in developing a vaccine for COVID-19. The state-owned pharmaceutical company PT Bio Farma has signed an agreement with China’s pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech. The Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno LP Marsudi and the Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Erick Thohir witnessed the signing in their visit to Sanya, Hainan, China on Thursday (Aug. 20). It is a bold move from President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo administration, but the President should be mindful of the geopolitical and domestic issues that he may be facing later.

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