"Hopefully, by the end of December, we would be able to complete vaccination for the first and second doses," Head of the Yogyakarta COVID-19 Handling Task Force Heroe Poerwadi stated on Tuesday.
Until December 6, some 603,149 people had received the first dose of vaccination, out of which 567,293 had been fully vaccinated.
Poerwadi remarked that residents, who had yet to receive the second dose of vaccination, were mostly due to the waiting period for their upcoming vaccination schedule.
“There are also people with health problems that cannot receive vaccination, so their second dose of vaccination must be postponed," he added.
Meanwhile, health workers, supporting personnel, and volunteers, who were directly involved in the COVID-19 handling process, had received the booster vaccine.
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A total of 1,181,038 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered in Yogyakarta.
“The achievement of vaccination for each community group is also quite good. Everything reaches over 100 percent for health workers, the elderly, and the general public," Poerwadi stated.
Most of the vaccines used for the COVID-19 vaccination in Yogyakarta is Sinovac vaccines, reaching over 350 thousand doses, each for the first and second doses.
In addition, the Yogyakarta government is administering doses of the AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, Moderna, and Pfizer vaccines, he expounded.
Although the vaccination achievement in Yogyakarta is higher than the number of residents in the city, Poerwadi reminded the public to always implement strict health protocols in their daily activities.
“Many activities have started to run again, but do not forget to implement strict health protocols despite the residents being vaccinated. There is also a new threat in the form of the new variant called Omicron," he added.
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Translator: Eka Arifa R, Resinta S
Editor: Suharto
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