Jakarta – Women Empowerment and Kid Security (PPPA) Minister Bintang Puspayoga emphasized that the government had targeted to expedite vaccination for children in the age bracket of 12-17 years to re-open schools for commencement of face-to-face learning.
” The federal government is speeding up vaccination drives in schools to reach the target,” Puspayoga noted in her press release here, Thursday.
Minister Puspayoga together with Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi and Chief of Committee III of Indonesian Regional Agent Council (DPD RI) Slyviana Murni visited Al Azhar 31 Islamic Junior High School in Summarecon Bekasi and SMP 5 Bekasi to observe the children vaccination process.
The minister admired schools for conducting vaccination that had the ability to separate kids from the crowds produced during mass vaccination.
” Kid could prevent crowds from the huge vaccination program. It will be more secure for the kids by performing vaccination at school,” she communicated.
Puspayoga later emphasized that instructors played an important role in offering details about the significance of vaccination to their students.
” The kids require to be informed about vaccination because by being vaccinated, they can assist to curb the spread of COVID-19,” the minister affirmed.
Puspayoga likewise reminded kids to constantly comply with health protocols, such as using masks, cleaning hands in running water, maintaining social distancing, preventing crowds, decreasing mobility, and avoiding eating with others.
Earlier, the Indonesian Pediatric Society (IDAI) had actually enabled children in the age group of 12-17 years to be administered the Sinovac vaccine. The IDAI recommended administering the Sinovac vaccine to children since it was proven safe and had actually cleared the phase 1 and 2 of medical trials.
Up until August 4, some 48 million Indonesians were administered the very first dosage of the COVID-19 vaccine, while over 21 million people in Indonesia had actually been fully vaccinated. Indonesia intends to vaccinate 208 million individuals in order to achieve herd immunity.
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