“The third dose of vaccination for health workers is 44.48% or 653,351 people,” wrote a statement on the vaccine dashboard page Kemkes.go.id, Wednesday, September 1, 2021.
The third dose of vaccine for health workers uses the Moderna brand. The reason is that Moderna has a higher efficacy than the current vaccine brand.
The Moderna vaccine used as a booster is mRNA-1273. The injection is done intramuscularly with a dose of 0.5 ml in one dose.
In the Circular of the Director General of Disease Prevention and Control Number HK.02.01/1/1919/2021, the government does not allow giving this booster to groups outside health workers (non-nakes).
Currently, the Covid-19 vaccination program in Indonesia has succeeded in reaching more than 100 million injections of one and two doses. Spokesperson for Vaccination of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Siti Nadia Tarmizi, explained that the total achievement of the first dose of vaccination was 64 million doses and the second dose was 36.4 million doses, and the third dose specifically for health workers was 653,351 doses.
Nadia emphasized that COVID-19 vaccination is an important part of efforts to coexist with the corona virus in the future. Vaccines have been shown to reduce the risk of serious illness if someone is infected with COVID-19.
“However, discipline in health protocols is still needed, especially wearing masks,” he said.
Nadia continued that to date, Indonesia has received more than 218.5 million doses of vaccine. After the arrival of the 46th stage of the vaccine, 583,400 doses of the vaccine became Astrazeneca, Wednesday.
“The availability of the COVID-19 vaccine in Indonesia can be said to be safe. During August, 43 million doses of vaccine have been received, both in bulk and finished forms, then in September it is estimated that we will receive 60 million doses of vaccine,” he said.
Covid-19 vaccination in Indonesia began in January 2021 by targeting three priority groups, namely 1.4 million health workers, 21.5 million elderly people, and 17.3 million public officers.
As of September 1, 2021, the second dose of complete vaccination coverage in the three groups has reached 104.32% for health workers, 111.91% for public officers, and 17.52% for the elderly.
Other groups who have received the full dose of vaccine are the vulnerable and the general public as many as 9.4 million people or 6.69% of the target, teenagers 12-17 years old as many as 1.79 million people (6.7%), and mutual cooperation 504,879 people. (3.37%).
The Minister of Communications and Information, Johnny G Plate, thanked all Indonesians who have worked together to make the COVID-19 vaccination program a success.
“Of the 100 million doses of vaccine injected, there has been no official report that found any serious side effects for vaccine recipients,” Johnny said in his statement. Indonesian Media Doc
(WWD)
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