Bandar Lampung Residents 'Seduced' With Cooking Oil To Want Vaccines

BANDARLAMPUNG - Mayor of Bandarlampung, Eva Dwiana, has a surefire way to increase public interest in getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Eva persuaded her citizens to be vaccinated by offering one liter of cooking oil for free.

Eva revealed that the City Government of Bandar Lampung provided 10,000 doses of vaccine for the community with 10,000 liters of cooking oil.

"The provision of cooking oil after vaccination is to encourage people to come to the vaccination site and to assist their needs for these rare items," said Eva Dwiana, as quoted by Antara, Thursday, March 3.

"The vaccinations given to the community are for the first, second and booster doses. Thank God, there are also many people who have not vaccinated for the first time coming to the vaccination site," he continued.

Eva said that during the mass vaccination, there were several locations that people who wanted to vaccinate could visit. In addition to the Bandar Lampung City Government, vaccination booths are also set up in the parking lot of the Occupational and Civil Registry Service, the Communications and Information Service and the Al-Furqon Mosque.

To prevent crowds, the Bandarlampung City Government divided the COVID-19 vaccination activities into two sessions. The first session was 10 sub-districts and the second session was 10 sub-districts.

Eva explained, after the implementation of this mass vaccination, her party will conduct an evaluation related to this activity.

"Alhamdulillah, we see that the community is orderly in the implementation of this mass vaccination. We will evaluate it later, next week it will also be carried out in 31 health centers for all age groups," he said.