Boyolali, Central Java (ANTARA) - The Boyolali District Health Office, Central Java Province, aims to administer 17,250 doses of the first vaccine to the general public in a hundred villages spread across 22 sub-districts in the area.

Acting Head of the Boyolali District Health Office Insan Adi Asmono stated in Boyolali on Thursday that for expediting administration of the first dose of vaccination, he had targeted 17,250 recipients per day in 115 villages spread across 22 sub-districts.

"Of the 115 villages where simultaneous vaccinations were conducted, each village received an average of 150 doses per day, so the total could reach the targeted 17,250," he noted.

Asmono remarked that the Boyolali district government continued to push the vaccination program to create herd immunity, so that the community was protected from the transmission of COVID-19.

In addition to the vaccination in Boyolali on Thursday, September 15, 2021, inoculation activities were also conducted by Projo volunteers, with a target of 1,500 doses for the community in Banyudono Sub-district and one thousand doses in Wonosegoro. Asmono noted that an average of 17,250 doses per day only came from the public health office, not including volunteers or the national defense force and police force.

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As of Wednesday, September 15, 2021, some 265,663 people, or around 31.8 percent received the first dose of the vaccine, while the second dose was given to the targeted 127,354 people.

The Boyolali District Health Office had earlier confirmed it will deploy village midwives to support the completion of the COVID-19 vaccination program.

According to Asmono, a new strategy was employed for expediting vaccination in Boyolali, wherein the village midwives helped to offer vaccinations, and each village was considered as a team.

In addition to providing COVID-19 vaccination services at public health centers spread across 20 sub-districts, he noted that the health office had deployed 267 village midwives to help conduct vaccinations.

"Should it run effectively, each team (administers) 100 doses of the vaccine, so that the average can be 267 teams multiplied by 100 doses, so the total reaches 26,700 doses per day," according to Insan.

The Boyolali District Health Office expects to reach 50 percent of the target by the end of September 2021.

The Boyolali district government continued to urge vaccinated people to always follow health protocols through a disciplined approach and remain vigilant despite a decline in the number of COVID-19 cases in the region.

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Translator: Bambang Dwi M, Mecca Yumna
Editor: Suharto
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