Looking into the Nusantara Vaccine

All fields have a specific domain. Vaccines are the domain of medicine and health, so let the professionals in this field make the decisions.

The locally developed Nusantara vaccine candidate has suddenly become a controversial issue.

It started out simply. A team led by former health minister Agus Terawan is currently conducting local trials on a dendritic cell-based Covid-19 vaccine. The team has entered phase 2 trials, which is being carried out on a limited number of volunteers. Several parties have claimed this vaccine as “the work of the nation’s children” (homegrown).