Cool! Exceeding The Target, 1,295 Medical Workers In Central Bangka Have Been Vaccinated With COVID-19

BANGKA - A total of 1,295 or 120.24 percent of the 1,077 targeted medical personnel in Central Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands Province, have been injected with the COVID-19 vaccine.

The head of the Central Bangka Health Office, Dr. Anas Maarif, said the percentage of vaccines for medical personnel or health human resources (HR) was already above 100 percent.

"The human resources who have been injected with the second dose of vaccine have reached 1,248 people or 115.88 percent and the third dose is 1,120 or 103.99 percent," he said in Koba, Antara, Sunday, January 9.

The Central Bangka Regency Government continues to intensify the vaccination program in 2022 in collaboration with a number of community elements.

"We have established massive vaccine outlets in all villages, we also encourage community organizations to carry out vaccination activities," he said.

He also said that until now the vaccination program in Central Bangka has reached 75.92 percent of the total 153,277 targeted residents.

"We have reached the national average this year and continue to intensify it," he said.

The local government is accelerating the vaccination program to establish communal immunity by 2022.