Recipients Of The Third Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine Reaches 45.2 Million People

JAKARTA - The population of Indonesia who has received the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as a booster has now reached 45,206,181 after 171,746 people underwent the third vaccination today.

Quoted from Antara from the statement from the COVID-19 Task Force, Saturday, May 28, it was stated that the recipients of the second dose increased by 66,252 people to a total of 167,264,389 who had carried out the second vaccination process.

The COVID-19 Task Force also reported that 200,163,526 Indonesians had received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The figure represents an increase of 50,664 people who had their first vaccination compared to Friday, May 27.

Previously, the government targeted 208,265,720 Indonesians to undergo COVID-19 vaccination to get communal immunity or herd immunity from the disease.

Indonesia also experienced an additional 279 COVID-19 patients today. The new patient was accompanied by reports of 248 recovered patients and eight deaths.

Regarding the current situation in Indonesia, the Head of the Department of Community Medicine-FKUI, Dr. dr. Retno Asti Werdhani reminded that apart from COVID-19, there are still many diseases that threaten public health, both infectious and non-infectious.

In a virtual discussion, on Friday (27/5), Asti said the current challenge is not only infectious diseases but also non-infectious diseases.

"We know that the rates of hypertension and diabetes mellitus are still high, the rate of tuberculosis is still high, number three in the world. In addition to COVID-19, we still have the risk of being infected again," said Asti.