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Jokowi Gets Second Covid Jab as Cases Surge Past One Million

Healthcare Workers Receive Covid-19 Vaccine — Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg

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By Arys Aditya and Eko Listiyorini

January 27, 2021 at 2:01 AM UTC

Updated on

January 27, 2021 at 9:36 AM UTC

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo, 59, received his second dosage of the Covid-19 vaccine made by Sinovac Biotech Ltd., one day after the country registered more than one million infections.

Nearly 250,000 healthcare workers have been given the first shot since the program started two weeks ago. The government is targeting the number to increase to between 900,000 and 1 million daily, Widodo, known as Jokowi, said in a statement on Wednesday.