officials deny rumors of using astrazeneca vaccines suspended batch in bali

Category : Adventure | Posted On May 19, 2021

Health agency chief of Bali has confirmed the AstraZeneca vaccines used in Bali are not from the batch that was suspended from distribution recently. 

On Sunday batch codes of vaccine received by Bali were listed by Ketut Suarjaya and they are: CTMAV514, CTMAV516, CTMAV539, and CTMAV544. Ketut's statement came after Health Ministry's decision to suspend batch CTMAV437, containing 448.480 doses, from distribution and use, as the Food and Drugs Monitoring Agency (BPOM) carries out toxicity and sterilization testing over the next two weeks.

“It can be confirmed that all AstraZeneca vaccines for Bali are not within the suspended batch. And will continue to be used,” Suarjaya said.

Health Ministry has also confirmed that the rest of AstraZeneca doses are safe for administration. Bali first received AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccines as it rolled out the mass vaccination program in the province’s “green zones” ⁠— Ubud, Sanur and Nusa Dua ⁠— back in March, where 170,487 doses were administered. Another 501,000 doses were delivered at the start of this month, 500,000 of which are designated for the general public. 

So far there are no side effects reported from AstraZeneca vaccine in Bali. Even though there have been no link established by the Health Authorities, the suspension of CTMAV547 came after a 22-year-old Jakarta man died from blood clots shortly after receiving an AstraZeneca jab. Officials have not explicitly confirmed if he was given a shot from the CTMAV547 batch.

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