Indramayu – House Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian has asked the government of Indramayu district in West Java province to execute a method to accelerate COVID-19 vaccinations.
” Please speed up vaccinations and prepare scenarios so when vaccines have been received, vaccinations can be performed rapidly,” he said on Wednesday while visiting the Indramayu district head’s hall.
He likewise mentioned a report from the Indramayu district government, which has actually shown that vaccination protection in the district is still low.
The government’s COVID-19 vaccination program is targeting two-thirds of the population of Indramayu district, which is pegged at around 1.8 million, the minister stated. Presently, only 11 percent of the targeted population has actually been vaccinated, he pointed out.
Karnavian acknowledged that the low vaccination protection in Indramayu district is connected to the restricted supply of vaccines gotten by local governments from the main federal government.
” Currently, only 215 thousand homeowners have been injected. This is due to the very little supply of vaccines gotten,” he observed.
Under such conditions, it is essential for the district federal government of Indramayu to prepare circumstances so that vaccinations can be rapidly performed whenever a supply of vaccines is gotten, Karnavian said.
” People are enthusiastic about partaking in the vaccination program. For that reason, the execution must be done quick and without triggering crowds,” he mentioned.
In a quote to improve immunity and break the chain of COVID-19 transmission, the Indonesian federal government presented a complimentary vaccination program on January 13,2021 President Joko Widodo was the very first to receive a COVID jab under the program.
According to information provided by the Health Ministry, as of July 28, 2021, as numerous as 45,734,912 residents have gotten at least one dosage of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 19,103,162 residents have actually been fully immunized.
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