There Are Still Many Indigenous Papuans Exposed To Hoaxes, The Vaccine Is Called Chip 666

JAKARTA - The COVID-19 vaccinator admits that it is difficult to vaccinate indigenous Papuans (indigenous Papuans / OAP). The reason is that there are so many untrue news circulating that vaccination cannot be done easily.

"The OAP community still thinks that vaccinations contain a chip known as 666," said one of the COVID-19 vaccinators, Yamamoto, who works at the Papua Health Office on Thursday, December 2, as quoted by Antara.

Admittedly, it is easier to provide understanding to outsiders than natives, moreover sometimes it is complicated by the presence of health workers who are also reluctant to get vaccinated because they still believe in hoaxes.

To deal with this, he and his fellow vaccinators tried to provide understanding by approaching community and religious leaders in order to gain the trust of the community until they were willing to be vaccinated.

"Praise God, slowly more and more OAP residents want to be vaccinated considering the importance of vaccination in order to provide immunity from COVID-19 attacks," said Yamamoto, who admitted that he had previously received training as a vaccinator for a week.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Jayapura City Health Office, dr. Nyoman Antari separately admitted that 70 percent of the second vaccine had not yet reached.

"We are still pursuing so that the achievement of the second vaccination can reach 70 percent because of the 171,616 people who have been vaccinated first or 74 percent, only 120,629 people have been vaccinated for the second or 52 percent," said dr. comfortable.

The COVID-19 vaccination target for the City of Jayapura was recorded at 231,863 people.