The Health Ministry has announced that it will add one of the more widely available COVID-19 vaccines with halal certification to the state-led booster jab rollout, in an effort to assuage the concerns of the country’s Muslim majority.

A ministry official confirmed on Tuesday that it would add the CoronaVac vaccine, co-manufactured by state-run pharmaceuticals company BioFarma and China’s Sinovac Biotech, to its current roster of booster shot offerings.

The decision was made following a recent Supreme Court ruling calling on the government to offer halal-certified vaccines, to ensure that its many Muslim recipients have the option of getting faith-approved protections.

Source:
courtesy of THE JAKARTA POST

by Dio Suhenda (The Jakarta Post)

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