World warmly welcomes Chinese vaccines (5)

Indonesia

Indonesian President Joko Widodo receives the COVID-19 vaccine shot developed by China's biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech at Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan 13, 2021. The president is the first Indonesian to be vaccinated to show that the vaccine is safe. [Photo/Xinhua]

Indonesia, through its Food and Drug Control Agency, approved China's biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine for use on Jan 11.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Jan 13 received the COVID-19 vaccine shot. After the president, the Indonesian military chief, the national police chief and the Health Minister, among others, were also vaccinated.

Widodo received his second dose of the vaccine on Jan 27, two weeks after the first injection.

Seychelles

Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan receives a shot of the Sinovac's CoronaVac coronavirus disease vaccine at a hospital in the capital Victoria on Jan 10, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

The Indian Ocean archipelago of the Seychelles began vaccinating its population against the coronavirus on Jan 10, 2021.

The country's president, Wavel Ramkalawan, was the first to receive the jab, an event broadcast on live television at a hospital in the capital Victoria. Several dozen public figures joined him.

The country is using the Chinese vaccine developed by the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm with its subsidiary the China National Biotec Group.