Adolescent Vaccination In Batam Reaches 100 Percent Target

BATAM - The Batam City Government, Riau Islands, recorded that 100.54 percent of the total targeted vaccinations for youth aged 12-17 in the local area had received the first dose of COVID-19.

According to data provided by the Batam City Communications and Information Office, Friday, December 24, it was recorded that 118.506 teenagers had received the first dose of a total of 117.866 targeted residents.

As for the second dose, 100.774 people have been injected, or 85.50 percent.

Still in the Batam City Government's statement distributed by the Head of the Kominfo News Section, Eko also explained, the overall achievement of the first dose of vaccination was 100.26 percent, of the total target population of 907.317 people or as many as 909.664 people.

While the second dose has been injected to 754.896 people or 83.20 percent.

In detail, for the elderly category, the first dose of vaccine has been given to 24.178 people or reached 83.68 percent of the target population of 28.895 people.

And the second dose of the elderly has been given to 19.941 people or reached 69.01 percent.

In the category of human resources for health workers, 9,849 people have received the first dose of vaccine, or 177.52 percent of the total target population of 5.548 people.

The second dose of human resources for health workers was received by 9.509 people or 171.40% and the third dose was given to 6.486 people or 116.91 percent.

Batam City Government also noted the achievement of vaccination for public servants. A total of 270.733 people had received the first dose of injection or 336.96 percent of the total 80.346 targeted residents.

The second dose has been injected into 239.446 public servants or 299.02 percent.

And in the general and vulnerable categories, 486,546 people have received the first dose of vaccine or 72.12 percent of the total target population of 674.662 people.

And the second dose has been given to 385,225 general and vulnerable people or 57.10 percent.

As for children aged 6 to 11 years, 17.605 children have received the first dose, or 13.23 percent of the total target of 133.051 people. And no one has received a second dose yet.

It was recorded that there were 33.058 doses of vaccine still available in Batam.