Bank Mandiri Provides COVID-19 Vaccine To 15,000 People To Help Achieve Communal Immunity

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JAKARTA - PT Bank Mandiri Tbk is stated that they are making efforts to provide COVID-19 vaccines to 15.000 people by targeting the families of employees, customers, and the general public, including children aged over 12 years.

Regional CEO of Bank Mandiri Region III Teuku Ali Usman said this activity was a collaboration with the DKI Jakarta Health Office, the Financial Services Authority (OJK), and Bank Indonesia.

"We hope that this vaccination program can expand public access to the corona vaccine for free so that it can help achieve the target of communal immunity (herd immunity) in DKI Jakarta and Bali in August 2021", he said in a press statement, Tuesday, July 27.

Teuku added that this collaborative vaccination program is also a form of the company's concern for the community regarding the current pandemic.

"The sooner we can create herd immunity, we all pray that this pandemic condition can end sooner and we can all live normal lives again", he said.

For information, the government is currently trying to accelerate the implementation of the national COVID-19 vaccination to achieve the set target, namely one million injections per day starting in July and two million per day in the period of August.

Meanwhile, the vaccination by the state-owned bank will be held from July 21 to August 3, 2021, at the Mandiri Assembly Tower Hall, Jakarta by cooperating with the Public Health Center under the DKI Regional Government Health Office to provide vaccines and PT Pertamedika (Persero) for health workers.

"Bank Mandiri is ready to collaborate with various parties and stakeholders in the implementation of this mass vaccination program to create a healthy and growing Indonesia", concluded Teuku.