Bali Proposes 5,000 COVID-19 Vaccines To Anticipate The Impact Of Spike In Cases In Singapore

The Bali Health Office submitted 5,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to the Ministry of Health to be given to people who have not received booster or booster vaccines in response to the spike in cases in Singapore.

"We have added another 5,000 doses, this was first, for the type of Inavac vaccine, who knows there is enthusiasm for the public to vaccinate to keep them from getting hit like in Singapore," said Bali Health Office Head I Nyoman Gede Anom in Denpasar as reported by ANTARA, Friday, December 8.

Apart from this submission, the Bali Provincial Government still has sufficient vaccine supplies and is spread across district/city and provincial health offices, so that people who have not received booster vaccines can visit the office directly and for free.

"For boosters, just in case, who knows the public is enthusiastic, right (generally) as soon as they hear there is news (positive cases) there is enthusiasm again. Yesterday, because it has subsided, maybe it doesn't want a booster," he said.

It is known that the number of COVID-19 vaccinations in Bali phase I is more than 100 percent, the second vaccine is 80 percent, while the third and fourth vaccines or the first boosters and the second boosters are not known because data collection has been stopped after the pandemic status has been revoked.

So far positive cases have not completely disappeared, but the numbers are not as high as during the pandemic. According to Anom, this is due to the high vaccination rate in the community.

Recent cases of COVID-19 tend to be mild like the common cold, but it will be different if experienced by the elderly or comorbid patients so that the push for vaccines can reduce the danger.

"That's because our herd immunity is good 98 percent safe, but those who haven't boosted yesterday or were scattered we recommend a booster, so if they fit positive the symptoms are not heavy, they are mild like the common cold, they don't even feel it," said the Head of the Bali Health Office.

Even if there is a spike, the Bali Provincial Government has learned from the previous incident so that it has prepared health facilities and oxygen stocks.

So far, there has been no further direction from the Ministry of Health regarding COVID-19. So far, what the government has done is to urge people to adopt a clean and healthy lifestyle, and use masks when they are sick.

The Bali Health Office is no longer detecting COVID-19, but because the government is anticipating Mycoplasmapneumoniae by installing a temperature scanner at entrances such as airports, it is possible that the COVID-19 virus is detected.