The number of people receiving the second dose rose by 782,417 on Friday, taking the total number of fully vaccinated people to 106,020,538, data from the task force showed.
Meanwhile, the number of first dose vaccine recipients rose by 1,043,929 to reach 150,249,500.
In addition, the number of third dose recipients swelled by 2,135 to touch 1,268,716, the task force reported.
The Indonesian government is targeting to inoculate 208,265,720 citizens to achieve community or herd immunity.
The first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine has so far been administered to 72.14 percent of the total 208,265,720 targeted recipients, and the number of citizens who have been fully immunized against the virus has reached 50.91 percent of the total target.
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Meanwhile, the government's spokesperson for COVID-19 handling, Reisa Broto Asmoro, said that the government is optimistic of vaccinating 70 percent of the targeted recipients by early 2022.
"We are optimistic that at the beginning of next year, Indonesia will be able to achieve the vaccination program's target, which is vaccinating 70 percent of citizens," Asmoro remarked at a virtual press conference that was accessed from here on Friday.
The Indonesian government launched a nationwide vaccination program on January 13, 2021, to build community immunity against COVID-19.
The government recently commenced COVID-19 vaccinations for children in the 6–11 age group after Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin issued Ministerial Decree Number HK.01.07/MENKES/6688/2021 on the Implementation of the COVID-19 Vaccination for Children aged 6–11 years old.
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Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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