The Foreign Ministry in a post on Twitter on Tuesday made known that Greece donated 703,200 vaccines to Indonesia actively contributing to the battle against COVID-19 at a global level.
On its part, the Foreign Ministry of Indonesia in a post on Twitter expressed the country’s appreciation for Greece’s support in the fight against COVID-19. It also underlined that this was the second dispatch of vaccines from Greece adding that Indonesia has received a total of 703,200 doses of vaccines from Greece.
“Greece actively contributes to the fight against the COVID19 pandemic on the global level. Greece offered its support to the people and the government of Indonesia and donated a total of 703,200 vaccines to the country, in partnership with global initiatives (COVAX)”, the Greek Foreign Ministry’s post said.
Indonesia, which is the world’s fourth-most-populous country, has suffered one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in Asia, with more than 4.2 million infections and 144,000 deaths.
But after cases peaked in July due to the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant, infections have fallen sharply in Indonesia, and remained low.