For this very first phase of vaccine circulation, the vaccine doses are focused on for medical workers
Kupang, E Nusa Tenggara – The East Nusa Tenggara provincial federal government hinted at the arrival of some 13 thousand dosages of China’s Sinovac vaccine in Kupang on Tuesday for circulation to 22 districts and cities throughout the province.
” For this first stage of vaccine circulation, the vaccine doses are prioritized for medical workers,” the provincial federal government’s representative, Marius Ardu Jelamu, specified in Kupang, the capital of East Nusa Tenggara Province, on Monday.
Speaking in connection with the government’s regulations, the national COVID-19 vaccination program has described a target to administer the vaccines to residents in the age of 18 and 59 years, he said.
” The vaccination program will thereafter cover elderly people aged 60 years and above,” he kept in mind, including that the provincial government will require some seven million dosages of COVID-19 vaccines to administer to its whole population.
To support this national vaccination program, state-owned pharmaceutical holding company PT Bio Farma had started distribution of the dosages of the Sinovac vaccine to 34 provinces throughout Indonesia on Sunday (January 3, 2021).
To this end, the federal government has been awaiting the issuance of emergency-use authorization from Indonesia’s Food and Drug Monitoring Company (BPOM) before beginning the very first stage of its COVID-19 vaccination program.
Meanwhile, the Indonesian Health Ministry’s spokesperson for the vaccination program, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, had kept in mind previously that the vaccination program will likely take 15 months to administer the vaccines to some 181.5 million people.
” We need 15 months to achieve it. The time frame for carrying out the vaccination is counted from January 2021 to March 2022,” Tarmizi stated at a virtual press conference that ANTARA participated in on Sunday.
During that time period, the government has targeted to administer the vaccines to some 181.5 million individuals, including 1.3 million paramedics and 17.4 million public sector workers in 34 provinces, she stated.
The very first phase of the government’s vaccination program was divided into the 2 periods of January-April 2021 and April 2021- March 2022, Tarmizi confirmed.
Since the vaccination might take long to complete, the ministry’s spokesperson has actually attracted all societal elements at big to regularly adhere to the federal government’s health procedures to prevent the potential transmission of COVID-19
” We still have a long way to precede having the ability to surmount over this coronavirus pandemic. A reliable battle against it is carrying out the vaccination program and regularly practicing the 3M health procedures,” she affirmed.
The 3M means “menjaga jarak,” or social distancing; “mencuci tangan,” or hand-washing; and “memakai masker,” or mask-wearing.
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