Head of the West Java State Intelligence Agency, Brigadier General Deddy Agus Purwanto, said that one of the reasons several regions have less than 70-percent vaccination rate is that they have many people living in remote areas.
"We do this because the vaccine percentage has not yet reached 70 percent, especially in remote areas and (areas that are) far from the center of government," he noted in a statement released in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday.
The regions include Cirebon, Sukabumi, and Kuningan districts, he informed.
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As per data from the Health Ministry, the vaccination rate in those three regions is still below 70 percent, he said.
The vaccination rate in Cirebon district has reached 56.28 percent, Sukabumi district 58.91 percent, and Kuningan district 58.10 percent, he added.
BIN is aiming to deliver vaccines to a total of 7,150 people in those areas, Purwanto informed. They will either get the vaccines at the outlets or under a door-to-door vaccine delivery initiative, he said.
He said boosting vaccinations is important to hasten the creation of herd immunity to suppress the death rate.
"Currently, we are targeting how to reduce the death rate, so we enter densely populated housing," he added.
Aside from West Java, the State Intelligence Agency has been continuously pushing vaccinations in many remote areas, such as in Southeast Sulawesi and Bangka Belitung, he noted. The effort has been undertaken to meet the national target of 70 percent vaccinations by the end of 2021, he added.
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Translator: Bagus A R, Mecca Yumna
Editor: Suharto
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