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from COVID-19 vaccine products.

Since the World Health Organization (WHO) revoked its global health emergency status as of May 5,
2023, all countries in the world are preparing to respond to the policy by revoking the national COVID-
19 emergency status, including in Indonesia.

After the pandemic is declared over, continued Penny, the COVID-19 vaccine in circulation must be
able to provide more complete and in-depth data related to security and effectiveness aspects to ensure
public protection in the long term through the national immunization program.

"Currently, the Indonesian government is considering input related to the revocation of national health
emergency status. producers are still researching and monitoring vaccine products, so they get more
data and submitted to BPOM to obtain regular distribution permits," he said.

BPOM will open up opportunities for all vaccine manufacturers to increase their product permits to
regular for 12 months, after the COVID-19 pandemic emergency status in Indonesia is declared
complete by the government.

"We give the transition time in endemic, the opportunity for the owner of the distribution permit to get
longer data. We have prepared a minimum time of one year to get a regular distribution permit,
meaning it is not an emergency permit anymore, but a regular permit," he concluded.