He made the statement while issuing directions to municipal police chiefs at an Analysis and Evaluation Meeting (Anev) for COVID-19 prevention and control in Lampung province.
He joined the meeting via video conferencing from the Lampung Police Headquarters on Tuesday.
"The vaccination target must reach 90 percent. Therefore, our hard work is needed shortly so that the target can be achieved," he said.
Then, in carrying out the health protocols-compliance operation, he asked his staff to do it well to ensure community compliance with the health protocols.
In addition, he also asked his staff to coordinate with the Indonesian Military (TNI) and regional governments to conduct joint operations in crowded places.
"There are still many cafes that are open until late at night. Thus, municipal police chiefs should order staff to appeal to business actors at night entertainment venues that cafes are required to close by 9 p.m.,” he said,
The Regional Police chief explained that in Lampung, the number of deaths from COVID-19 is still high.
"For that reason, I urge municipal police chiefs to coordinate with district heads and other stakeholders to increase vaccination achievements in their respective areas so that community immunity will be formed. Inshallah (if God wills), we can prevent the COVID-19 virus," he remarked.
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As part of efforts to boost community immunity against COVID-19, the Indonesian government rolled out a nationwide vaccination program on January 13, 2021, targeting 208,265,720 citizens.
According to data provided by the Health Ministry, as of March 15, 2022, nearly 193,758,107 Indonesians, or 93.03 percent of the targeted recipients, have received their first COVID-19 jab, 152,043,831 (73 percent) have been fully vaccinated, and 14,963,545 (7.18 percent) have received the booster shot.
Meanwhile, in Lampung province, out of the targeted 6,645,226 residents, as many as 5,897,211 people or 88.74 percent of the targeted recipients have received the first COVID-19 vaccine dose, 4,363,305 (65.66 percent) have received the second dose, and 203,511 (3.06percent) have received the booster shot.
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Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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