Jakarta – The Indonesian federal government continues to pursue COVID-19 vaccinations in a bid to protect the public from the threat of a most likely spike in cases of the Omicron variation.
” We are positive of attaining the vaccination target of reaching 208.2 million people by March or April,” Minister of Interaction and Informatics Johnny G. Plate specified on Friday.
The federal government will carry out regular vaccinations along with inoculations for various age groups in addition to the booster vaccination.
Plate is optimistic that herd resistance would soon be accomplished to protect the neighborhood from the risk of the Omicron variation.
Since January 6, 2021, some 80 percent of the vaccination targets had actually received the very first dosage of injection and over 55 percent were administered the complete dosage of vaccination.
Presently, vaccination for kids aged 6-11 years, which began in December 2021, is still running until now.
In addition to efforts to expand vaccination coverage throughout Indonesia, the federal government is also preparing to administer a booster vaccine starting on January 12, 2022.
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” This is great work involving the support of numerous celebrations, right from the main federal government to the regional government, consisting of religious leaders, neighborhood leaders, academics, and most importantly, the active role of the neighborhood,” Plate noted.
The outcomes of the effort in carrying out COVID-19 vaccination have likewise placed Indonesia as one of the countries with one of the most vaccination protection worldwide.
Indonesia follows China, India, and the United States, after having successfully taped a vaccination coverage of 166.67 million individuals.
Based on information from Our World in Data since January 4, 2022, Indonesia had actually administered 281,574,183 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. With this accomplishment, Indonesia ranks as one of the leading 5 nations with one of the most vaccination coverage in the world.
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” We have to use this accomplishment to motivate all components. Do not be careless, as the development of COVID-19 is still really vibrant. This is specifically with the development of Omicron in Indonesia and local transmission being reported. We should execute vaccinations, health protocols, and tracing, tracking, and testing (3T),” Plate highlighted.
The minister also interested the general public to be wiser in their movement in an effort to minimize the transmission of Omicron.
In line with this, the federal government has chosen to tighten the entry points for Indonesia.
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The federal government has briefly closed the entry of immigrants directly or in transit from foreign countries, who have lived and/or checked out within 14 days from the country/region with the following requirements:
Countries or regions that have actually confirmed transmission of the Omicron variant infection: South Africa, Botswana, Norway, France.
Countries or areas that are geographically near to a community transmission country of Omicron alternative cases: Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, Lesotho.
Nations or regions with more than 10 thousand validated cases of the Omicron version: the United Kingdom and Denmark.
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