The president, in the company of Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim, and Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin, arrived at the school building at 11:10 Western Indonesia Time (WIB).
In total, 650 public service officers, comprising teachers, lecturers, and other education workers from across Jakarta, received the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at the school building on Wednesday.
The recipients were segregated into three groups. Vaccination of the first group comprising 250 people was conducted from 8:00 to 10:00 WIB, the second group of 150 people were vaccinated between 10:00 and 12:00 WIB, while inoculation for the third group constituting 250 people began at 13:00 WIB.
Teachers, lecturers, and education workers will receive their second shots of the COVID-19 vaccine in 14 days.
The government has outlined a target to vaccinate 181,554,464 people, or 70 percent of Indonesia’s total population, with the objective of creating herd immunity against the coronavirus.
Based on the roadmap for COVID-19 vaccination, some 1.46 million healthcare workers on the frontlines in the fight against COVID-19 will receive the vaccine shots until April 2021.
In the meantime, the number of senior citizens and public service officers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 is estimated to reach 21.5 million and 16.9 million respectively.
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