Older local gets his first dosage of Covid-19 vaccine during a totally free chicken door- to-door vaccination program at Cianjur regency in West Java on June 22,2021 (JG Photo/Yudha Baskoro)
BY: JAYANTY NADA SHOFA, MARIA FATIMA BONA
SEPTEMBER 02, 2021
Jakarta. Indonesia has actually set a target of administering 2.3 million dosages of Covid-19 vaccine a day this month.
The nation initially started its vaccination program on January 13.
According to Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono Harbuwono, Indonesia was able to administer 50 million shots in July– 26 weeks because the first jab. It just took six weeks for Indonesia to reach the next 50 million doses in August.
” As [we gain] more experience, the vaccination drive is much quicker. We are aiming for 2.3 million jabs a day in September,” Dante told an online interview on Thursday.
Last month, about 43 million vaccine doses landed in Indonesia.
Dante was positive about reaching the 2.3 million daily jabs this month– considering the distribution of 15.2 million doses in the 4th week of August, and 20.3 million dosages in the fifth week of August till early September.
And accelerating the vaccination drive would also require cooperation between all celebrations, the deputy minister said.
Decreasing Cases
According to Dante, Indonesia is seeing a 25 percent decrease in Covid-19 cases in a number of provinces, compared to the week previously. This downward trend is likewise accompanied by a healing rate that continues to go up.
The weekly death toll fell 37 percent compared to the previous week. The nationwide positivity rate likewise dropped to 10.36 percent.
” Hopefully, the positivity rate will continue to decrease, in line with the numerous health protocol campaigns and vaccinations,” Dante said.
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