Jakarta – The number of Indonesian residents who have received two dosages of the COVID-19 vaccine reached 123.1 million since Friday, according to the COVID-19 Managing Task Force.
According to information received from the job force, the variety of people getting the 2nd dose increased by 789,007 on Friday, taking the overall number of fully immunized people to 123,167,273, or 123.1 million.
The variety of people getting the first dosage also increased by 867,910 to reach 180,021,654
Meanwhile, with an additional 4,247 recipients on Friday, the number of people who have actually received the booster or 3rd dose has so far reached 1,357,642, the task force reported.
The Indonesian government is targeting to inoculate 208,265,720 people against COVID-19 to achieve community or herd immunity.
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On the other hand, the nation logged 2,604 COVID-19 cases on Friday, of which 2,393 involved local transmission and 211 were identified in people who had actually taken a trip abroad.
The Ministry of Health on Friday also confirmed that 87 Umrah pilgrims who departed on January 8, 2022, have tested positive for COVID-19
” It holds true; there are 87 pilgrims who have actually checked favorable for COVID-19 Currently, ten people are presumed of contracting Omicron,” representative for COVID-19 vaccinations at the Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, validated here on Friday.
Tarmizi informed that the 10 pilgrims presumed of contracting the Omicron variant are being examined to verify the presence of the variant.
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In a bid to boost community resistance against COVID-19, the Indonesian federal government released an across the country vaccination program on January 13,2021 President Joko Widodo was the first vaccine recipient under the program.
The Indonesian government formally presented third dose vaccinations for the general public on January 12, 2022, targeting those aged 18 and above who have finished six months since getting the second dosage.
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