Contact With COVID-19 Patients, Governor Nurdin Abdullah Canceled Sinovac Vaccine Injection
President Jokowi received the first COVID-19 vaccine in Indonesia (Capture the YouTube screen of the Presidential Secretariat)

JAKARTA - The Governor of South Sulawesi (Sulse) Nurdin Abdullah has canceled being the recipient of the COVID-19 vaccine, Sinovac. He is scheduled to receive the vaccine from China on Thursday, January 14, at the Dadi Makassar Regional Special Hospital (RSKD).

Dr Putri Riskia, as the implementation of the vaccine screening program from RSKD Dadi Makassar, said that the number one person in South Sulawesi was confirmed to have had close contact with a positive patient with COVID-19.

This is the reason Nurdin Abdullah canceled receiving the vaccine. "The governor cannot because he has a history of close contact with the COVIFlD-19 patient," he said.

The screening implementation is divided into two, the first screening table for measurement of temperature and blood pressure. Meanwhile, at the second table screening to monitor the 16 requirements for vaccine recipients.

"If there is one that does not fulfill it, then it is declared that it cannot be vaccinated," he said.

Apart from the Governor of South Sulawesi, several South Sulawesi figures who have also canceled vaccinations to date are the Head of the South Sulawesi Police due to a history of close contact with COVID-19 patients, Kajati Sulsel and the Secretary of the South Sulawesi Provincial Government because they have been confirmed positive for COVID-19.

Some of the requirements from 16 points for someone to receive the vaccine include, never having been confirmed with COVID-19, no history of close contact with corona patients, not pregnant women, no history of comorbidities such as hypertension, sugar, asthma, heart disease.


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