There Are Still Many Health Workers Who Have Not Been Vaccinated, The COVID-19 Task Force Explains The Reason

COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito (Photo: BNPB doc)

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the Task Force (Task Force) Handling COVID-19 Wiku Adisasmito explained a number of reasons why health workers have not received the COVID-19 vaccine. One of the causes could be the vaccination mechanism.

"So there are several things that prevent all health workers from being vaccinated, it could be related to the vaccination mechanism starting from registration, implementation and socialization of the targeted vaccination program," Wiku said in a press conference broadcast on the BNPB Indonesia YouTube account, Tuesday, February 23.

Seeing this condition, he then asked the administrators of vaccination for health workers to ensure that each health worker was registered and carried out the scheduled vaccinations. In addition, all obstacles faced by vaccinators must be addressed and solutions sought.

"We ask that vaccination administrators also pay attention to the obstacles faced by health workers in accessing vaccinations such as difficulty access, distance of health facilities from the domicile of vaccination participants and vaccination notifications," he said.

According to him, vaccination for health workers must be completed properly so that vaccine recipients at the next stage can carry out the process with good preparation.

Previously reported, the COVID-19 vaccine program in the country since last January 13. In the national COVID-19 vaccination program, the government is targeting 181.5 million vaccine targets. They are people aged 18 years and over. Vaccine recipients receive twice the injection dose.

In the first phase, the vaccine is intended for 1.5 million health workers. As of today, health workers who have received the first dose of vaccination are 73.47 percent and the second dose is 29.85 percent.

Then, in the second stage, COVID-19 vaccination is intended for the elderly and public service workers. The target is 21.5 million elderly and 16.9 million public workers. This program lasts until May.

They are market traders, educators, religious leaders and counselors, representatives of the people, officials, government, civil servants, TNI-Polri, tourism officers, public services, public transportation workers, athletes, and media workers.

Furthermore, vaccination will be carried out for 63.9 million vulnerable people or people living in areas with high risk of infection. Then, other communities as many as 77.7 million people. This program will be carried out from April 2021 to March 2022.