The Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs was elected as Co-Chair of the COVAX AMC Engagement Group. Her election underscores Indonesia's commitment regarding global health issues to promote health for all, sound economic policies, and good governance [January 2021]

he Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs made preparations to lead the COVAX AMC Engagement Group Meeting. During the meeting, the Indonesian Foreign Minister underlined three points, namely transparency, certainty, and solidarity [January 2021]

The Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs chairs the 4th COVAX AMC Engagement Group Meeting with the Ethiopian Minister of Health and the Canadian Minister of International Development to discuss the development of vaccine supply and distribution, funding and investment opportunities, efforts in building public trust in vaccines, and the COVAX Facility strategy for 2022 [May 2021]

Indonesia receives 15 million Sinovac vaccines in bulk from China as part of the collaboration of Sinovac and Biofarma [January 2021]

Indonesia receives 1.1 million doses of the first phase of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility (COVAX) as part of the multilateral diplomacy carried out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [March 2021]

Indonesia receives 500 thousand doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Australia as the first part of the aid, out of a total of 2.5 million doses, through a bilateral mechanism [September 2021]

During the 1st Meeting of the International Forum on Covid-19 Vaccine Cooperation, Minister Retno encouraged international solidarity and cooperation to accelerate global vaccination. This can be achieved through diversification of vaccine production to developing countries.

Several agreements in the health sector are reached during the visit of the Indonesian Foreign Minister to Los Angeles and Houston, USA. These include the signing of several agreements between PT BioFarma and Dynavax Technologies, FitBit, ConnectedLife Health, and Baylor College of Medicine [September 2021]

An ambulance ship has been handed over to the Timor Leste Government as a grant from the Indonesian Government. The handover symbolizes form of support from the Government of Indonesia to Timor Leste in handling the COVID-19 pandemic [November 2021]

The Indonesian and Serbian Ministers for Foreign Affairs announce the Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) plan for the COVID-19 vaccine certificate issued by the two countries. This agreement will facilitate the travel of citizens from both Indonesia and Serbia, including for business purposes, during the pandemic [October 2021]

The Indonesian Consulate General in Vancouver holds a meeting with Entos Pharmaceuticals to discuss opportunities for cooperation in the research and development of medical care and vaccines for infectious diseases. Another cooperation opportunity to be explored is cooperation in clinical vaccine/drug trials in Indonesia [September 2021]

The Indonesian Embassy in Beijing attends a virtual meeting with principal investigators from 4 countries who collaborated with Sinovac for the implementation of phase III vaccine clinical trials, namely Brazil, Turkey, Indonesia, and Chile, to share the results of these clinical trials in their respective countries [March 2021]

Indonesia receives a total of 4.1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from the Japanese Government in July and October 2021. In addition to vaccine donations, Japan also provides Avigan medicine and oxygen generators for five hospitals in Indonesia [October 2021]