Although The New Booster Vaccination Reaches 23.57 Percent, The First Dose In Central Kalimantan Is Almost 100 Percent

COVID-19 vaccination service by the Central Kalimantan Health Office at the Central Kalimantan Expo 2022. (Photo: Antara Doc/Central Health Office)

JAKARTA - The achievement of COVID-19 vaccination for the first dose in Central Kalimantan Province has almost reached one hundred percent. Exactly that is 99.90 percent.

"The exact number of residents who have received the first dose of vaccination is 2,034,047 people," said Central Kalimantan COVID-19 Task Force Publication Team Representative Agus Siswadi, quoted by Antara, Saturday, July 16.

He explained that the implementation of vaccination continues to be intensified even though the achievement of vaccination for the first and second doses has been very good. The provincial and district and city task force teams continue to synergize with other relevant agencies.

The target for the second dose of vaccination is 84.34 percent or more than 1.7 million people, while for the third dose or booster vaccination, it is 23.57 percent or more than 479 thousand residents. This vaccination achievement is a recap of various targets, ranging from health human resources, public servants, the elderly, the general and vulnerable communities, adolescents, to children.

In addition to vaccination services provided at various health facilities, efforts to increase the target achievement so far have also been carried out with various innovations. "One of them is by the Provincial Health Office, which utilizes the Central Kalimantan Expo 2022 agenda in Palangka Raya, providing second and third dose vaccination services," he explained.

The vaccination service at the Central Kalimantan Expo 2022, in fact, also received a positive response from the people who visited. This can be seen from the number of people who took the time to participate in vaccination services.

Head of Disease Prevention and Control Division of the Central Kalimantan Health Office, Riza Syahputra, said that there were quite a number of people taking vaccinations, between 90 and 100 people per day.

"We continue to strive to improve vaccination achievements, with the hope that the group immunity created in the community will be more optimal," he said.

Although the current spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is quite sloping and the easing of activities has begun, the public is asked to remain cautious.