Task Force Says Vaccination In 5 Provinces Still Below The National Average: Lampung, North Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, North Maluku And Papua

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JAKARTA - The Head of the Expert Team for the Task Force for Handling COVID-19, Wiku Adisasmito, said that there are five provinces that have full-dose vaccination coverage below the national average.

"The current national complete dose of vaccination is 35.5 percent," said Wiku Adisasmito, quoted by Antara, Thursday, November 4.

Provinces with complete dose vaccination coverage which is still below the national figure are Lampung 20.76 percent, North Sulawesi 28.81 percent, Southeast Sulawesi 20.31 percent, North Maluku 17.5 percent, and Papua 17.56 percent.

The Task Force noted that 76,687,750 Indonesians had received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine this Thursday. The number of residents who had been vaccinated with the second dose increased by 858,560 people.

The number of residents who received the first dose of vaccine also increased by 876,343, bringing the total recipients of the first dose to 122,852,096 people. A total of 1,150,748 health workers have received the third dose of vaccine.

The government is still targeting 208,265,720 Indonesian citizens to be able to get two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in order to form herd immunity.

"For this reason, I ask all governors and mayors and regents not to be careless in the midst of controlled conditions. Reading the data and understanding the situation of each region is important to continue to be carried out consistently, not only when cases experience a spike, but also when cases occur. slope," he said.

According to Wiku, the downward trend in COVID-19 cases in the country since August 2021 needs to be maintained, either through adherence to health protocols, increasing case tracking and vaccination.