The federal government continues to encourage the administration of booster vaccines to face the Omicron variation
Jakarta – More than 6.3 million Indonesian adults have received COVID-19 vaccine boosters, accounting for 3.5 percent of the 181.5 million targeted receivers, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto informed here on Thursday.
” The federal government continues to encourage the administration of booster vaccines to face the Omicron variant,” he included.
187.6 million or 90.1 percent of the 208.3 million targeted recipients have actually gotten the very first dosage and 133.5 million or 64.1 percent have actually received the second dosage of the vaccine, the minister informed.
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Among the 34 provinces in the country, Jakarta has actually logged the greatest vaccination protection, with 12.4 million or 147.4 percent of the targeted 8.4 million individuals receiving the very first dose and 10.3 million or 122.6 percent receiving the second dose, he stated.
Jakarta has also recorded the greatest variety of booster dose recipients at 900 thousand or 12.3 percent of the targeted recipients, he added.
” The variety of Omicron cases in Jakarta is the greatest in Jabodetabek (Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi). To increase immunity, 3rd dosage vaccination is required,” he stressed.
Hartarto stated he will continue to encourage booster vaccination projects in different parts of the country so regional homeowners are much better prepared to deal with the Omicron version of COVID-19
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He assured that booster vaccination projects have actually run well based on observations at state and private vaccination centers in numerous parts of the nation, including the Indofood Tower in Jakarta.
The five-day third dosage vaccination campaign in the area intended to target 500 to 600 individuals each day, he informed. On the first and second days of the vaccination drive, nearly one thousand individuals were vaccinated, he said.
The booster vaccination campaign was conducted in cooperation with the Health Ministry, the National Authorities, PROJO, Yellow Clinic, Indofood, ACA Asuransi, and Indomaret, he included.
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