Waiting for Independence

The government aims for a high vaccination rate until August. But the vaccine supply is low.

Hussein Abri Dongoran

July 19, 2021

THOUSANDS of residents of Kupang City in East Nusa Tenggara, had already gathered before sunrise at the health ministry’s Kupang Health Polytechnic on Wednesday, July 14. They waited for hours for campus security to open the gates, so they could be vaccinated in the first-stage Covid-19 vaccination program. Before the gates were opened, the situation became uncontrolled as people started to push forward. The fence collapsed. Some fell, othe

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