Indonesia: Chinese vaccine being tested as COVID-19 cases rise
Al Jazeera meets the Indonesian sisters taking part in human trials.
Advanced trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed in China are under way in Indonesia.
More than 2000 Indonesians signed up for the trial of the vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturer Sinovac.
This week, some candidates were given a second dose of the trial vaccine – as Jessica Washington reports from Bandung, Indonesia.
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