vaccination in bali may get delayed 2 months - senior minister

Luhut Pandjaitan, Minister of Maritime Affairs Indonesia has shared that Bali may face a two months delay in the mass vaccination program as the country 

now expecting delays from vaccine shipments due to export restrictions.

“I have specifically requested to the Health Minister to speed up vaccinations in Bali, but because there are blockades from a number of vaccine-producing countries, this has resulted in a two-month delay from the initial plan,” Luhut said yesterday.

As per recent statement Bali administration was targeting to vaccinate 70% of its population approximately 4.3 by the end of June 2021. By the end of March over 352,000 vaccinations were done, 105,000 of those have received the double dozes.

Officials are hoping to reach everyone in the “green zone” areas of Ubud, Nusa Dua, and Sanur by the end of this week, as part of a potential plan to reopen to foreign tourism this year. 

Indonesia is rationing its vaccine use as the country expects delays in shipments from AstraZeneca due to export restrictions and a slowdown in the production of CoronaVac, the vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac.