The key to successful handling of COVID-19 is strongly influenced by several factors, including the vaccination program, which plays a vital and very important role
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin reviewed the implementation of COVID-19 vaccination at the Dental and Oral Hospital, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Indonesia (RSKGM FKG UI), on Tuesday.

During his visit, Amin highlighted the criticality of vaccination as the key to successfully handling the COVID-19 pandemic by building communal immunity or herd immunity in Indonesia.

"The key to successful handling of COVID-19 is strongly influenced by several factors, including the vaccination program, which plays a vital and very important role," he stated.

Amin appealed to people, who have received the COVID-19 vaccine, to continue to implement strict health protocols.

If a vaccinated person is later confirmed positive for COVID-19, then severity of the disease caused by the virus can be reduced, he pointed out.

"Of course, the implementation of vaccination must be supported by the ability of the government and local governments to increase 3T efforts (testing, tracing, treatment), and the community to remain disciplined in enforcing the 3M health protocols," he explained.

Vaccination at the RSKGM FKG UI aims to expedite COVID-19 vaccination for the public in order to establish herd immunity.

Based on data from Statistics Indonesia (BPS), Jakarta, with a population of 11.2 million people, will form herd immunity if 8.3 million residents get vaccinated against COVID-19.

The vaccination program at the UI Salemba Campus will take place on September 6-17, 2021, for five thousand participants, who are local residents and the general public. The vaccination activity received full support from the Salim Group and several sponsoring partners.

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