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The agreement was signed during a visit by Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno
Marsudi and State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir to Abu Dhabi two weeks
ago.

Lukito said her visit to the UAE was to ensure that the clinical trial in Abu Dhabi ―is
going well.‖

She added: ―We saw that it’s very well organized, with a large number of testing
subjects with a variety of different nationalities.‖

The BPOM said in a statement: ―The candidate COVID-19 vaccine was granted an
emergency use authorization by China’s food and drug agency, the National
Medicines Products Administration (NMPA), in July this year, based on the results of
its phase one and two clinical trials and it has been certified as halal.‖

A halal-certified vaccine could smooth the process for its import and distribution in
the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country.

COVID-19 has impacted Indonesia’s population in all 34 provinces across the
archipelago, with the number of infections rising daily.