Vaccination and health procedures are health protection measures that can not be deserted at this time, consisting of in anticipation of the Omicron version whose cases continue to grow
Jakarta – Indonesia received nearly one million doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine from the Italian federal government on Saturday, director general of details and public communication at the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, Usman Kansong, said.
” We have received the very first COVID-19 vaccine stock arrival in 2022 today, on January 1,2022 The vaccines that arrived are 999,180 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, as a type of assistance from the Italian federal government,” he informed in a declaration released on Saturday.
The vaccines were acquired under the COVAX scheme, he stated. With the arrival of the most recent batch, the overall number of vaccine doses that Indonesia has gotten, both in the form of completed products and basic materials, so far has actually reached around 470 million, Kansong stated.
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The vaccine arrivals in Indonesia have actually shown the government’s dedication to protecting COVID-19 vaccine accessibility in the nation, he included.
He likewise called for active involvement from the community in the vaccination program.
” Vaccination and health procedures are health protection steps that can not be deserted at this time, consisting of in anticipation of the Omicron version whose cases continue to grow,” Kansong said.
” The Ministry of Health has actually conveyed that this (Omicron) version is more transmissible yet has a lower threat of causing extreme symptoms. However, we require to remain alert because the COVID-19 situation is still very dynamic and changing rapidly,” he explained.
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He then appealed to the neighborhood to carry out activities outside carefully and prevent taking a trip abroad.
The Indonesian government introduced an across the country vaccination program on January 13, 2021, in a bid to increase resistance against COVID-19
According to information offered by the Health Ministry, as of January 1, 2021, nearly 161,901,957 people have actually gotten their first COVID-19 jab, while 114,041,953 have actually been fully immunized against the infection.
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