Jakarta – The federal government has started noting the very first stage recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine after countless doses from Sinovac gotten here in Indonesia recently, spokesperson for vaccine-related affairs at the Health Ministry, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, stated.
” There are several preparations that we are doing, one of which is [obtaining] the target data. We will begin with [releasing] educational material by means of SMS (brief message service) on 31 December, 2020,” Nadia stated when gotten in touch with by ANTARA from Jakarta on Saturday.
Previously, the Ministry of Health had actually sent bulk SMSes to recipients selected for the first stage of the vaccine program, especially health workers.
According to Nadia, who is likewise the director of prevention and control of vector borne and zoonotic diseases at the Ministry of Health, this method is being utilized to verify targeted receivers’ data.
The way it works is that health workers who get the bulk SMS are being asked to complete a form and furnish their citizenship identity number (NIK), which will expose whether they have actually been consisted of in the vaccination target or not, she discussed.
If a health worker is not registered, the Ministry of Health will notify the district or city health office, healthcare facility, community university hospital (Puskesmas) or clinics, and after that his or her information will be sent to the health information system, she added.
All these processes are being carried out while the government awaits the Food and Drug Supervisory Firm (BPOM) to provide a license for using COVID-19 vaccines, including the Sinovac vaccine, which arrived in Indonesia in December, 2020.
” We are waiting for consent, however of course, we are doing it in parallel so that we can instantly begin this vaccination.
Earlier, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin had actually stated the government prepares to disperse COVID-19 vaccines to all provinces in Indonesia without hold-up.
He stated he hoped the vaccination program for health workers might be started prior to the neighborhood returned to operate in January. (INE)
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