Jakarta – The government will quickly choose whether COVID-19 red zones will be prioritized in the vaccination program, deputy chair of the COVID-19 Handling and National Economic Healing Committee (KPC-PEN), Erick Thohir, said.
” Let us wait for the government’s decision [which is expected] within a couple of days. There will be a conference with governors, mayors, and district heads for discuss whether we must focus on red zones with high infection and death rates,” he said at a webinar here on Tuesday.
Speaking at the webinar themed “preparing facilities for COVID-19 vaccination data”, Thohir stated, in keeping with Governmental Regulation No.99/2020, the federal government has actually set a preliminary target of immunizing those aged in between 18 and 59 years.
He also appealed to people to get involved actively in the government’s COVID-19 vaccination program. Research study has revealed that 66 percent of Indonesians are eager to get vaccinated, while 16 percent are reluctant to join the vaccination program, he noted.
” I do not understand the reasons of those refusing to get immunized. Regarding the issues of halal or haram, we have let the Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI) to resolve this matter,” he stated.
Speaking about the vaccination program, Thohir advised Indonesians who are economically capable to spend for their own COVID-19 vaccine dosages to help reduce the monetary burden on the government.
He said the federal government will supply COVID-19 vaccines under the government’s aid-based vaccination program and a self-initiative vaccination program.
The federal government’s aid-based vaccination program has been prepared for health employees and qualified members of communities, as revealed in information from the Workers Social Security Agency (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan), he said.
The self-initiative vaccination program will cover financially-capable individuals, he added.
Indonesia has been making every effort to win the fight against the unique coronavirus illness, which at first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of 2019 and after that spread worldwide, consisting of to countries in the Asia-Pacific area.
Indonesia officially announced its very first infections on March 2 this year.
Early today, the Job Force for COVID-19 Response validated that Indonesia had actually recorded 4,198 extra recoveries and 4,442 fresh cases of COVID-19 in a span of 24 hours.
The Indonesian federal government has actually regularly revealed self-confidence in the potential of the COVID-19 vaccine for assisting win the battle versus the COVID-19 pandemic, which has posed a grave threat to public health and the economy.
Over the previous few months, the government has been working to protect prospective COVID-19 vaccines for Indonesians through bilateral and multilateral cooperation.
The federal government is likewise supporting research efforts towards developing the nation’s own COVID-19 vaccine, Merah Putih (Red and White), called after the colors of the nationwide flag.
In addition, Indonesia is cooperating with China and the UK for the procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccines.
To prepare for the very first stage of the COVID-19 immunization program, set up in the 3rd week of December, 2020, President Joko Widodo has advised ministries and firms to carry out across the country COVID-19 vaccination simulations. (INE)
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