"Most of the COVID-19 patients in ICUs have not been vaccinated," Secretary of the Bogor City Health Service Erna Nuraena stated on Saturday.
Nuraena remarked that people, who refused to receive vaccination, did not believe in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Some who believed that COVID-19 existed also refused to be vaccinated since they did not consider that vaccination could protect their immune system, she noted.
This condition caused severe and critical conditions when unvaccinated people were infected with the virus, Nuraeuna pointed out.
Data from the Bogor City Health Service shows that 801 beds were available in 21 hospitals in the city. On February 9, some 283 beds, or 35.3 percent, were already occupied.
Meanwhile, out of the 57 ICU beds provided, 26 beds, or 45.6 percent of them, were occupied by COVID-19 patients in critical condition.
The vaccination achievement for the first dose in Bogor reaches 103 percent, while for the second dose, it is at 90 percent; and for the booster vaccination at 90 percent.
The achievement of COVID-19 vaccination for the elderly reaches 81 percent for the first dose, 72 percent for the second dose, and 24 percent for the booster vaccine.
Meanwhile, teenager vaccination in Bogor reaches 114 percent for the first dose and 101 percent for the second dose.
The vaccination rate for children aged six to 11 in Bogor had reached 96 percent for the first dose and 78 percent for the second dose.
To this end, Nuraerna expressed optimism that the public would realize the gravity of the COVID-19 pandemic situation through the dissemination of information.
The Bogor City Government, through its Health Service and the COVID-19 Task Force, had educated the public regarding the threat of COVID-19 through various channels.
"We also hope that the mass media can help us deliver valid and confirmed information regarding COVID-19 to the public," she noted.
Nuraerna also remarked that the Bogor City Regional Leadership Communication Forum (Forkopimda), which is linked to the COVID-19 Task Force, invites the public to immediately receive vaccination, including by going door-to-door in residential areas to administer the vaccination.
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Translator: Linna Susanti, Resinta S
Editor: Sri Haryati
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