DPRD Asked Their Family To Ration Priority Vaccines, Epidemiologist: They Don't Contact The Public

JAKARTA - The DKI DPRD has asked the Provincial Government to provide a quota for COVID-19 vaccination for their families, along with phase two vaccination for public service workers. At this stage, DPRD members are also targeted for vaccination.

However, there was a lopsided comment from the epidemiologist at the University of Indonesia, Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono. Miko admitted that he did not agree if the DPRD family was included in the priority vaccination target.

"DPRD members are allowed (to be included in the priority vaccination target), but their families cannot. They (families) do not have any contact with the public. Those who contact are members of the DPRD," said Miko when contacted, Sunday, March 7.

Miko said that she and her two children received priority vaccination because they work as doctors. However, his wife who is not a health worker did not receive the vaccinations at the same time.

"My wife has not been injected, because she is not a doctor yet so I have not been injected, I did not ask my wife and child to be injected with the vaccine," he said.

As previously reported, all members of the DKI DPRD have participated in the COVID-19 vaccination since last Tuesday, March 2. However, currently, only board members receive vaccine shots.

Therefore, Deputy Chairperson of DKI DPRD, Mohamad Taufik, said that his party wanted the entire nuclear family of council members to also receive phase two vaccinations. However, this has not received the approval of the DKI Provincial Government.

"We just want to ask (DPRD members' family of vaccines) to the Health Office. One family, children and wife. But until now we haven't," said Taufik.

Taufik said, the consideration of DPRD members asking for vaccine rations for their families is because they have the same neighborhood.

"I think like this, our family, we meet them every day. Right, we don't protect our environment. We have to take care of our environment. What's wrong?" said Taufik.