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COVID-19 Global Roundup: WHO team arrives in Wuhan; deaths near 2m

A panel of World Health Organization scientists arrives in Wuhan City, China. January 14, 2021. /CGTN WHO experts arrive in Wuhan for COVID-19 origin missionA panel of World Health Organizatio

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Indonesia begins rollout of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

The coronavirus vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech has an efficacy rate of 65.3 percent in Indonesia. /CGTN Indonesia is preparing to roll out its COVID-19 vaccination program as the

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Indonesia's 'Youth first' vaccination drive

Indonesia is trying a different approach to mass COVID-19 vaccinations, focusing on inoculating younger, working people (age 18-59) first, along with frontline workers. The theory is that young pe

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COVID-19: China sees big case jump, U.S. death toll hits new record

China sees biggest daily COVID-19 case jump in over five monthsThe National Health Commission said on Wednesday that a total of 115 new confirmed cases were reported on the Chinese mainland compar

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Indonesian President Widodo receives Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday received the COVID-19 vaccine shot developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech.

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Indonesian President Widodo receives Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday received the COVID-19 vaccine shot developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech.

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Xi Jinping sends condolences to Joko Widodo over deadly plane crash

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday sent condolences to Indonesian PresidentJoko Widodo over the crash of an Indonesian plane with 62 peopleon board.In his message,

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Swedish king says 'we have failed' over COVID-19, as deaths mount

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (2nd R) and his wife Iriana (1st R) show a Bogor botanical garden to Swedish King Carl XVI Gustav (2nd L) and Queen Silvia during their visit in Bogor, West Java

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Sinovac secures $515m funding to boost COVID-19 vaccine production

A display shows packages of the vaccine candidate for SARS-CoV-2 by Sinovac Biotech in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020. /Reuters China's Sinovac Biotech has secured $515 million in funding

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Indonesia calls on G20 to help developing countries recover from economic downturn

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called on the G20 economies to help developing countries and underdeveloped ones recover from the pandemic and economic downturn.In

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Pompeo to visit Indonesia after spy plane rebuff

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Indonesia next week, his first trip to the country since its leadership rejected a U.S. proposal to host its spy planes.P

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Indonesia rejected U.S. request to host spy planes: Reuters

File photo: A Boeing P-8 Poseidon aircraft from the U.S. Navy flies during an international aerial and naval military exhibition over a beach near the naval airbase in Rota, southern Spain, Septe

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Global Political Calendar: V-J Day, Pakistan, India independence days

Indonesia President Joko Widodo unveils the country's 2021 budget; 75th anniversary of Japan's announced surrender in World War II; and the 73rd anniversary of Pakistan and Indian's independence f

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Indonesian people increasingly worry about COVID-19: president

Indonesian President Joko Widodo observed that people in the country have been increasingly worrying about the COVID-19 spread since the past few weeks. "The atmospher

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Chinese FM talks with Indonesian minister over phone

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone conversation on Thursday with Indonesian government's Coordinator for Cooperation with China Luhut Bi

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Indonesia's 'rice ATMs' provide staple amid COVID-19 crunch

Officials wearing protective suits prepare to check Indonesians who were evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, before they are transported to Sebaru island for observation, at Kertajat

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Iran says U.S. sanctions violate human rights amid COVID-19 pandemic

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that the U.S. sanctions against the country violate the fundamentals of human rights amid the coronavirus pandemic. The