Looks like the vaccine will get Halal certification.

Two Houston doctors nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for work on COVID vaccine
The two Houston-based doctors who helped develop the vaccine, Dr. Peter Hotez and Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi, are garnering international attention.

Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine have helped to develop a new COVID-19 vaccine that's been approved for emergency authorization in Indonesia.

The two Houston-based doctors who helped develop the vaccine, Dr. Peter Hotez and Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi, are garnering international attention.

"This is just groundbreaking work. It's very important for us. We always look for technology that can be culturally appropriate,” said Bottazzi.

Their team made the prototype for the “Indo-Vac” vaccine, allowing BioFarma, an Indonesia pharmaceutical company, to scale it up and make it their own.

The company is expected to produce 20 million doses this year.

"This will build a lot of trust and confidence from the Muslim world,” said Bottazzi.

Hotez says the Indo-Vac is in the final stages of receiving a special certification that will make it acceptable within Islamic law.

“It's a vegan technology, so no animal cells, no human cells, no animal protein, no human protein. It's not a big leap, we think we will get that halal certification," he said.

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