Bangka Health Office Starts Vaccination Of Hajj Candidates, Focuses On Services At Health Centers

Acting Head of the Bangka District Health Office, Nora Sukma Dewi when providing health coaching for pilgrims at the 2025 Hajj rituals. BETWEEN THE ANTARA/HO-Humas of the Sungailiat Grand Mosque

JAKARTA - Ahead of departure to the Holy Land, prospective pilgrims from Bangka Regency began to receive the meningitis vaccine as part of health preparation.

The provision of this vaccine is one of the mandatory requirements before performing the pilgrimage to prevent the risk of transmitting infectious diseases while in Saudi Arabia.

Head of the Bangka District Health Office, Nora Sukma Dewi, said that the meningitis vaccination service began to be provided on Monday, April 21, 2025, after her party received vaccine distribution from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia.

"Today we are starting to vaccinate prospective pilgrims who are in the working area of Sungailiat Health Center and Kenanga Health Center. The vaccine will continue until all pilgrims for Hajj get an injection," said Nora in Sungailiat.

He explained that the provision of vaccines would be adjusted to the location where prospective pilgrims live, so that the implementation would be centered at the nearest puskesmas or the easiest to reach by pilgrims.

This step was taken to ensure easy access to services as well as the efficiency of time and personnel of the congregation in undergoing health procedures.

Meningitis vaccine meningocusing is very important to increase the body's resistance to infection, especially because the pilgrimage involves large-scale crowds and different environments from where the pilgrims come from.

Selain vaksinasi, Nora juga mengimbau para calon haji untuk menjaga kesehatan secara umum dan rutin mengecekkan kondisi tubuh sebelum keberangkatan agar tetap fit selama menjalankan ibadah.

Based on data from the Bangka Regency Ministry of Religion Office, the number of pilgrims from the area this year reached 283 people. They will depart in two flying groups (clusters), namely batch seven with 212 people and group eight with 71 people, through the Palembang embarkation.