Jakarta – Head of the COVID-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery Committee (KPCPEN) Erick Thohir put forth a suggestion of two schemes for the COVID-19 mass vaccination program.
The 2 plans are a free vaccination program and paid vaccination program, Thohir, also the state enterprises minister, kept in mind while delivering a clinical oration at Padjadjaran University, Bandung, West Java, on Friday.
” We proposed two types of vaccination to the federal government and the parliament, particularly government-funded vaccination under the military/police program in cooperation with the Education Ministry in addition to the Health Ministry and the Indonesian Red Cross,” he stated.
The Education Ministry will deploy 40 thousand potential nurses and 12 thousand potential doctors to take part in the mass vaccination program, in addition to 1.5 million doctors and nurses ready to support the program.
Budget plan for the complimentary vaccination program will be sourced from the state budget plan by utilizing information of the National Medical Insurance (BPJS Kesehatan). The premiums of 93 million individuals had actually been fully funded by the federal government (PBI), he specified.
” We are positive that individuals efficient in paying (for the vaccination) would help the federal government by choosing the paid vaccination program,” he explained.
During its meeting with the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Market (Kadin), the committee prompted members of some associations to conduct paid vaccination to lower the federal government’s problem.
Thohir applauded their dedication to covering the funding for COVID-19 vaccination for their particular staff members.
Indonesia will receive 30 million dosages of the COVID-19 vaccine by 2020- end, and it will have 300 million vaccine dosages in 2021.
” Insya Allah (God prepared), by the end of this year, we will have 30 million dosages of the vaccine, and in 2021, we will receive 300 million doses of the vaccine,” Thohir stated.
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