Pekanbaru, Riau – Very first dosage vaccinations in Riau province have crossed the 70 percent mark since December 23, 2021, representative for the provincial COVID-19 Managing Job Force, Indra Yovi, has actually informed.
” Alhamdulillah (thank God), the very first dose vaccination protection in Riau, since this Thursday morning, has gone beyond 70 percent,” he mentioned at the Riau Province Regional Structure on Thursday
The task force will continue efforts to ramp up both first and second dosage vaccinations in the province, he stated.
” We hope tha our vaccination protection would reach 80 percent by the end of December 2021, as well as with the hope that the achievement of the first dosage vaccinations in Riau will be ranked initially on the island of Sumatra,” he added.
” For that reason, we require support from all parties. Let us make COVID-19 vaccinations a success in Riau, and ideally, in Sumatra, Riau can get the very first rank for the achievement of the first dose vaccinations,” he mentioned.
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He likewise said that COVID-19 vaccinations need to be accelerated, especially to prepare for the risk provided by the Omicron variation that has entered the nation.
To improve immunity versus COVID-19, the Indonesian government released a nationwide vaccination program on January 13,2021 President Joko Widodo was the first vaccine recipient under the program.
According to data supplied by the Health Ministry, since December 23, 2021, nearly 154,791,737 Indonesian citizens have received their very first COVID-19 shot, while 109,535,337 have been completely immunized versus the infection.
Just recently, the federal government also started inoculating children aged 6–11 versus COVID-19 The program is targeting 26.5 million children throughout Indonesia.
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