Young Regent Mahendrawan Asks Minister Of Health Budi To Immediately Send A COVID Vaccine, 6,000 Kubu Raya Residents Are Still Waiting

WEST KALIMANTAN - Regent of Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan Province, Muda Mahendrawan, hopes that the COVID-19 vaccine will soon be available in the district. 6,000 people have received the first stage of vaccination and are waiting for the next stage.

"We know that the procurement of vaccines requires a process, as well as the distribution process which also takes time. However, we hope that the vaccine will be available so that we can carry out the mass vaccination program again", said Muda in Sungai Raya as quoted by Antara, Tuesday, 27 July.

Previously, the Kubu Raya Regency Government had carried out a mass COVID-19 vaccination which was attended by more than 12,000 Kubu Raya people from mid-June to this month.

Of the more than 12,000 people who have received the first stage of vaccination, 50 percent have received the second stage of vaccination. Only half of them have not been vaccinated against the second stage.

"We have coordinated with the West Kalimantan Health Office and the Ministry of Health, the information will be available in early August. For that we hope the public is patient while waiting for the availability of vaccine stocks", he said.

The Kubu Raya Regency Government of West Kalimantan through the Health Office continues to intensify the distribution of mass vaccinations in several hamlets and villages spread over four sub-districts.

"Alhamdulillah, Kubu Raya is currently pursuing the acceleration of vaccination, of which up to now there have been more than 67 thousand Kubu Raya residents who have been vaccinated and we continue to increase that number because the total number of our citizens who must be vaccinated is 43 thousand more than 610 thousand souls", said Muda.

Muda hopes that additional stock of vaccines from the central government can come soon so that they can run faster, provide more massive and widespread vaccination services throughout the village so that they can more quickly reduce the risk of transmission and decrease cases, especially when we are faced with a situation of scarcity of raw material supply for medical oxygen production so that cause panic.

"Hopefully it can be resolved soon and cases in Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan, and Indonesia can continue to decline, God willing. The storm will pass," he said.