A child undergoes polio vaccination in Tanjungsari Village, Manisrenggo District, Klaten Regency, Central Java, Monday (15/1/2024).
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, KLATEN — Thousands of children in the Manisrenggo District, Klaten Regency, Central Java, have been targeted for polio vaccination. Mass vaccination was carried out after one child tested positive for polio in Manisrenggo.
Simultaneous polio vaccination in Klaten Regency starts Monday (15/1/2024). Among them are in Tanjungsari Village, Manisrenggo District. “Today we carried out simultaneous vaccinations (in Klaten Regency). Chosen here (Tanjungsari Village) because of the case able to “It’s in Manisrenggo, so that the community here is conducive,” he said Regent of Klaten Sri Mulyani, Monday.
The Regent said that overall in Klaten Regency the polio vaccination targeted 127,183 children, spread across 20 sub-districts.
Acting Head of the Klaten Regency Health Service (Dinkes), Anggit Budiarto, said that specifically in the Manisrenggo District area, there were 4,622 children who were targeted for polio vaccination.
Meanwhile, in Tanjungsari Village the target is 250 children. “The target is from age zero-seven years or 12 months 10 days before the age of eight years,” said Anggit.
According to Anggit, this vaccination is an effort to break the chain of polio. He said that vaccination was also carried out simultaneously in other areas. “The only way to break the chain is simultaneous vaccination. “It will be implemented in East Java (East Java), Central Java (Central Java) and Sleman to break the chain of transmission,” he said.
2024-01-15 08:29:26
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