Indonesia's COVID vaccine shows region's push for third way

Jakarta now has homegrown halal alternative to Western, Chinese shots

20221110 vaccine jab in Jakarta

A woman receives a booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine in Jakarta. © Reuters

YOHEI MURAMATSU, KOYA JIBIKI and TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writers

BANGKOK/JAKARTA/HANOI -- Indonesia's successful pursuit of a homegrown coronavirus vaccine shows the challenges and opportunities for Southeast Asian countries as they seek a path between Western drugmakers and opposing suppliers China and Russia.

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