Indonesia finds COVID-19 deaths more than three times higher for the unvaccinated

JAKARTA: The COVID-19 death rate for people in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta who were not vaccinated was more than three times higher than those who were, according to new health ministry data.

Global data on vaccinated versus unvaccinated deaths is not easily available but Dr Ines Atmosukarto, a molecular biologist who works on vaccine development, said the data was further evidence of the importance of vaccination. In Indonesia, 18 per cent of the population have had one dose of a vaccine, while 8 per cent are fully vaccinated, according to health ministry data. Indonesia has had 100,600 deaths.

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