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(First News : Indonesia-Saudi Arabia Discussions On Umrah Regulation to Commence)

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto confirmed to Indonesia having received a diplomatic note from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia regarding discussions centering around holding umrah. Saudi Arabia allowed the Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines in the country, completed by a vaccine booster. Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin will thereafter also communicate with the Ministry in Saudi Arabia to elaborate on the condition of COVID-19 handling in Indonesia that is under control and has received level 1 recognition from the World Health Organization.

 

(Second News : East Java Governor Supports Red and White Vaccine Clinical Trial)

The governor noted in Surabaya on Tuesday that currently, the Red and White Vaccine clinical trial was still awaiting permission from the National Agency of Drug and Food Control (BPOM). The trial will be conducted by three stakeholders in collaboration, comprising Airlangga University, PT Biotis Pharmaceuticals Indonesia, and Dr. Soetomo Regional General Hospital in Surabaya. Parawansa highlighted that so far, several individuals had volunteered to undergo the vaccine clinical trials. Airlangga University has handed over the Red and White Vaccine seeds to PT. Biotis Pharmaceuticals Indonesia for further clinical trials.