Logistics, Staff Shortage Hurt Indonesia’s Shot Progress

  • Widodo’s approval fell to 58% in September survey by Indikator
  • GDP growth seen rising 4%-4.3% this year, said Lahadalia
Members of the public stand in line to receive a dose of the Sinovac Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a mall in Surabaya on Sept. 23.Photographer: Juni Kriswanto/AFP/Getty Images
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A shortage of healthcare workers and logistical flaws are hampering Indonesia’s efforts to inoculate its people against Covid-19, leaving the world’s largest archipelago trailing its neighbors despite being among the first in Southeast Asia to start the program.

Only 17.9% of Indonesia’s 270 million people are fully vaccinated, behind almost every major economy in the region, according to Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker. About 32% have received their first dose, placing the nation among the bottom four on the list.