PSSI Submits 178 Priority Names For Vaccine Recipients, Iwan Bule Is Not Listed

JAKARTA - Secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Gatot S. Dewa Broto, said that PSSI had submitted 178 names to be priority recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine from the government.

"Not only athletes, who are on the list are also coaches and support staff," said Gatot to Antara, Monday.

Gatot continued, the 178 names consisted of players, coaches and national team officials U-16, U-19, U-23 and seniors.

The details, from the U-16 national team, PSSI registered the names of 30 athletes, four coaches and nine members of the support team.

Then from the U-19 national team there are 27 athletes, five coaches and 18 members of the support team. This includes South Korean coach Shin Tae-yong.

Then, there are 36 athletes and 10 supporting staff for the U-23 national team. Finally, there are 29 athletes and 10 members of the support team from the senior national team.

From the list of names, Gatot confirmed that there was no figure of PSSI Chairman Mochamad Iriawan.

"The PSSI general chairman is not on the list because it must be fair, the same as the others," he said.

With the entry of PSSI's application for the COVID-19 vaccine, the Ministry of Youth and Sports has ensured that there are 18 sports federations that have proposed athletes, coaches and officials to become priority vaccine recipients.

The 17 federations are PBSI (badminton), PABBSI (weightlifting), Perpani (archery), PRSI (swimming), IPSI (pencak silat), Pelti (tennis), FORKI (karate), TI (taekwondo), PJSI ( judo), PBWI (wushu), PBVSI (volleyball), Perbakin (shooting), Persani (gymnastics), Percasi (chess), PODSI (rowing), PBI (bowling) and PSOI (surfing waves).

A total of 1,500 names were included in the application from the 17 sports federations.

Gatot stated, there is one thing that becomes the main requirement for priority vaccine applications for sports people, namely to appear in international tournaments.

"The priority is the athletes, coaches and officials who will be sent to international tournaments. If not, they will wait for the vaccinations that have been programmed by the government," he said.

Vaccination for COVID-19 in Indonesia began on January 13, 2021. The government emphasized that the main priority of vaccination is for health workers who are at the forefront of fighting the pandemic.