A health worker uses a Spiderman mask during a vaccination drive for children aged 6-11 years of ages at RSIA Tambak, Menteng, Central Jakarta on December 22,2021 (BeritaSatuPhoto/Joanito De Saojoao)
BY: JAYANTY NADA SHOFA
JANUARY 03, 2022
Jakarta. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo revealed on Monday that Indonesia’s vaccination drive had actually topped 281 million doses, managing to cover majority of the nation’s 208 million population aged 12 and above with two dosages of vaccine.
Indonesia had actually set the objective of administering 280 million vaccine doses by the end of2021
“[As of] this morning, we have actually reached 281,299,690 doses. Injecting [vaccine] 280 million times was no simple task, provided our geographical conditions. We needed to travel by boats, bike, and even on foot to climb up mountains to [deliver the Covid-19 jabs],” Jokowi stated in Jakarta on Monday.
Initially, the federal government intended to immunize 2082 million individuals in the nation. Far, about 796 percent of the targeted population have actually received their first dosage. Indonesia’s second-dose vaccination protection has also reached 54.8 percent, according to Jokowi.
The federal government started administering vaccines for children aged in between 6 to 11 years of ages last month, including around 265 million children to the target population.
” Our kids vaccination have reached 3.8 million,” he said.
As many as 27 provinces have actually also fulfilled the 70 percent first-dose target, according to Jokowi.
He attributed these achievements to the hard work and gotong-royong in between the government and private sector, referring to the Indonesian term for mutual cooperation.
He stated that it has actually become inseparable from Indonesia’s method in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.
The president likewise reflected on when Indonesia struggled against the Covid-19 crisis in mid-July 2021.
He included, “our day-to-day tally hit 56,000 cases back in mid-July. I keep in mind those times were frightening due to the fact that medical facility hallways and backyards had lots of Covid-19 patients.”
However the Covid-19 pandemic in the nation has now significantly decreased. Indonesia reported 174 brand-new Covid-19 cases on Sunday– an extreme drop from the wave of infections in mid-July last year.
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