People with Diabetes Need to Get Covid-19 Vaccination, This is the Reason

Report of Tribunnews Journalist, Fitri Wulandari

TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – Program vaccination Coronavirus (Covid-19) which is carried out by the government is expected to target all levels of society, from health workers (health workers) to the elderly (elderly).

Then what about those who are in the group of people with comorbidities, including diabetes?

Currently people with diabetes (diabetics) who are infected with this virus reach 35 percent of the total number of Covid-19 patients in Indonesia.

This is one of the reasons why this person with diabetes needs to be vaccinated.

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Internal Medicine and Endocrine Metabolic Specialist from Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RS) Dr. dr. Em Yunir, SpPD-KEMD also mentioned three reasons as to why vaccination mandatory given to this group.

He explained that the decline in the immune system in people with diabetes makes them vulnerable to Covid-19 infection.

“First, diabetes patients are a group that is susceptible to Covid-19 infection, because they have a decreased immune system,” said Em Yunir, in a Webinar entitled ‘Covid-19 Vaccine and Diabetics’ with the Friends Diabetes application, Saturday (20/2/2021) afternoon. .

Then these diabetics must also face the risk of various other infections.

This of course can worsen the condition of their disease.

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