President Jokowi: 69 Percent Of Omicron Patients Died Are Elderly Unvaccinated

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo revealed that 69 percent of COVID-19 cases that died identified as Omicron variants were elderly patients (elderly) and had not been vaccinated. the second one that has not been vaccinated," said President Jokowi at the Bogor Presidential Palace, Friday, February 18. President Jokowi made this statement during the event "Reviewing the Virtual Vaccination Implementation in 17 Provinces" via video link. "Therefore, I will take the second and third doses. see that there are still many who are still below 60 percent, still low, and that the elderly should be prioritized. It is very important," said the President. In his report, the Regent of Boyolali M Said Hidayat said that the number of COVID-19 cases in his district had increased, namely positive confirmed cases on 17 February 2022 reached 345 cases from the previous on 16 February 2022 it reached 306 cases and on 15 February 2022 was 120 cases. Overall, the target is approximately 835,772 targets, reaching 93.91 percent and for the second stage of vaccination, it has reached 85 percent," Said Said. Meanwhile, for vaccination of children aged 6-11 years, the first dose was 100.4 percent, while for vaccination the dose was 100.4 percent. The second is 95 percent. "However, we also apologize, Mr. President, for our elderly vaccination achievements, we are still going door to door because our achievements are still around 77 percent for the elderly and for teenagers, thank God we have reached 97 percent," added Said. "Thank you, Mr. Regent, Mr. Governor, so we can control this Omicron variant if we do these two important things. The first is the acceleration of vaccination, the second is the health protocol, that's all, these two things continue to be conveyed to the public," said President Jokowi. "It can solve a lot of problems if the percentage is that high," he said. Based on data from the COVID-19 Task Force as of February 17, 2022, the total number of confirmed positive cases in Indonesia increased by 63,956 cases, bringing the total cases to 5,030,002. While active cases COVID-19 in Indonesia reached 469,868 cases. Recovered cases also increased by 39,072 so that the total reached 4,414,306 cases while patients died increased by 206 people to a total of 145,828 since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Indonesia in March 2020. As for vaccinations, the government has injected The first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Indonesia is 189,067,416 doses, doses the second dose that has been injected is 138,280,959 doses and the third vaccination has reached 7,730,486 doses.