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Indonesia launches its first home-grown COVID-19 vaccine
2 years, 2 months ago

Indonesia launches its first home-grown COVID-19 vaccine

LA Times  

Indonesia’s leader launched the country’s first home-grown COVID-19 shot Thursday to help reduce its dependence on imported vaccines. Indonesia’s pharmaceutical industry will manufacture primary series vaccines as well as boosters and shots for children, which have been in development since November 2021. The vaccine passed an audit by the country’s highest Islamic body, ensuring that the shot is fit for …

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China’s vaccine diplomacy finds takers in Southeast Asia
3 years, 11 months ago

China’s vaccine diplomacy finds takers in Southeast Asia

The Hindu  

China has signed deals with 20 countries, many of which are in Southeast Asia, to offer its home-developed COVID-19 vaccines, China’s media has reported. Among the countries that are ordering Chinese vaccines are Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Algeria, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Pakistan, Brazil, Ukraine, and Serbia, according to reports in the Chinese State media. This was …

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COVID-19 vaccine not permissible under Islamic law? Muslims fear use of pork-driven gelatin in drug
4 years ago

COVID-19 vaccine not permissible under Islamic law? Muslims fear use of pork-driven gelatin in drug

India TV News  

In October, Indonesian diplomats and Muslim clerics stepped off a plane in China. “There’s a difference of opinion amongst Islamic scholars as to whether you take something like pork gelatin and make it undergo a rigorous chemical transformation,” Waqar said. “Is that still considered to be religiously impure for you to take?” The majority consensus from past debates over pork …

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