"Puskesmas (officers) directly visit residents to encourage them (to get) the COVID-19 vaccine," Head of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Immunization at the Jakarta Health Office Ngabila Salama said here on Tuesday.
She appealed to residents to take information regarding the locations of the vaccination services from the office's Instagram account @dinkesdki. The services will be available from Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Apart from residential areas, vaccination services are also being provided at village head offices, sub-district head offices, government offices, private offices, markets, and other public places.
In addition, puskesmas in sub-districts are also providing afternoon and evening vaccination services every day from 4 p.m. to 8 a.m.
The vaccination services also include the first and second booster doses of the Pfizer and Zifivax vaccines.
Vaccination services will also remain open at Jakarta City Hall for state civil apparatus (ASN) and the general public until February 2023 to support the coverage of the second booster vaccination. The services will be open from Monday to Friday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
According to data provided by the COVID-19 Handling Committee, as of Monday (January 30, 2023), the number of people who have received the fourth dose or second booster in Jakarta has reached 203 thousand.
Salama expressed the hope that the community would get the second booster because it can increase the level of antibodies against COVID-19.
So far, the World Health Organization (WHO) has not revoked the COVID-19 pandemic status. Nevertheless, the Indonesian government has lifted the public activity restrictions (PPKM) policy as part of the transition toward the endemic.
"It is declared as endemic if the (number of) cases is high but no increase in deaths and treatment in hospitals (bed occupancy rate)," she said.
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