Indonesian Nurse Dies After Receiving Chinese-Made COVID-19 Vaccine

Indonesian Nurse Dies After Receiving Chinese-Made COVID-19 Vaccine
Vials of the CoronaVac vaccine, developed by China's Sinovac Biotech, in Bangkok, on Feb. 24, 2021. Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images
Nicole Hao
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An Indonesian nurse died 17 days after being vaccinated with a first dose of the Chinese-made CoronaVac vaccine in East Java, Indonesian media reported.

Erny Kusuma Sukma Dewi, 33, tested positive for the CCP virus, also known as the novel coronavirus, and was treated at a hospital, but then died. Her colleagues and friends tested negative for the virus, while her husband tested positive without symptoms, according to Endah Woro Utami, president of Ngudi Waluyo Regional General Hospital in Blitar Regency, the hospital where Demi worked.
Nicole Hao
Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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