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About 87% Indonesians Have Covid Antibodies, State Survey Shows

  • State-commissioned survey serves as basis for health policy
  • Some 74% of unvaccinated people show Covid-19 antibodies
Traffic outside the Tanah Abang market in Jakarta.Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg
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Indonesia estimates 86.6% of its population has developed antibodies against the coronavirus, even though only about half of them have been fully vaccinated.

The government held a seroprevalence survey in November and December as a basis for setting public policy against the virus, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said in a statement on Friday. Some 99.1% of people who have had two vaccine doses carried Covid-19 antibodies, compared with 73.9% for the unvaccinated.