Scientist who led testing of Chinese vaccine Sinovac has died

July 8, 2021 11:20 PM

This is Indonesian scientist Novilia Sjafri Bachtiar, whose cause of death has not been officially reported. However, some local media indicate that this was due to the new strain of the coronavirus.

Indonesian scientist Novilia Sjafri Bachtiar, who was in charge of the team that performs the clinical tests of the vacuna china Sinovac in Indonesian, deceased for undeclared causes. However, some local media indicate that it could be due to the coronavirus.

Novil died on Wednesday, the day Indonesia first recorded more than 1,000 deaths in the archipelago’s worst coronavirus wave, where oxygen tanks are lacking in hospitals to treat those infected.

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Biofarm, The state company in charge of the local manufacture of the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine, expressed its condolences via social networks for the death of the scientist, although it did not give the reasons for her death.

Local media like Compass They point out that Novilia was receiving intensive treatment in a hospital after catching the new coronavirus.

“Sinovac has been produced and inoculated to tens of millions of people in Indonesia, in response to our efforts to overcome the covid-19 pandemic,” said Minister of State Enterprises, Eric Thohir.

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The Delta strain of the coronavirus is believed to be responsible for the sharp rise in the coronavirus in Indonesia, where hospitals are overwhelmed, especially on the overcrowded island of Java. To date, since the start of the pandemic, the archipelago of 270 million inhabitants has accumulated 2.38 million infections and 62,900 deaths.

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