Indonesia’s BPJPH could issue halal certificate for Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine one week following MUI fatwa
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s BPJPH could issue halal certification for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac as soon as one week once the fatwa is issued by LPPOM MUI, Prof. Sukoso, head of the national halal agency told Salaam Gateway.
“We have already received the halal certification application documents of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine and we conducted a field inspection in China involving representatives from Bio Farma, BPOM and LPPOM MUI,” said Prof. Sukoso.
Indonesia received on December 6, 1.2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac. The doses will be stored by Bio Farma, the state-owned biopharmaceutical company and the country’s only vaccine manufacturer. Bio Farma will also locally process the raw materials shipped by Sinovac for 45 million doses of the vaccine.
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