Collaboration Necessary in COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts
Global cooperation in the health sector must be strengthened to ensure that every country has equal access to safe, effective and qualified COVID-19 drugs and vaccines.
An employee works on the production line of COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines at the Bio Farma Pharmacy, which will produce the vaccine early next year with a production capacity of 250 million vaccines a year, in Bandung, West Java on August 12, 2020. - Indonesia on August 11 launched human trials of a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine with some 1,600 volunteers slated to take part in the six-month study.
Global cooperation in the health sector must be strengthened to ensure that every country has equal access to safe, effective and qualified COVID-19 drugs and vaccines.
The availability and affordability of drugs and vaccines is an important aspect in handling the COVID-19 pandemic. Cooperation between countries, therefore, must be strengthened, including among Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) members.