Task Force Highlights 4 Provinces With Low Second Dose Vaccination Coverage Also Not Complying With Prokes

Spokesperson for the Task Force for Handling COVID-19 Wiku Adisasmito/SPECIAL DOK

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, highlighted that the coverage of the second dose of COVID-19 vaccination is still lower than the national figure. Currently, national complete dose vaccination coverage reaches 40.42 percent.

"Of the 34 provinces in Indonesia, in fact 22 provinces still have a percentage of full-dose vaccination coverage which is lower than the national figure," said Wiku in a virtual press conference, Thursday, November 18.

Of these 22 provinces, Wiku mentioned four provinces that not only have low vaccination coverage, but also have lower compliance with health protocols in wearing masks and maintaining distance than other provinces.

The four provinces are Riau, Lampung, Southeast Sulawesi, and Maluku.

"There are four provinces where it turns out that more than 40 percent of regencies/cities that report compliance with their procedures have low compliance in wearing masks and maintaining distance," said Wiku.

Wiku emphasized that low vaccination coverage in an area that is also not supported by compliance with health protocols can increase the potential for COVID-19 transmission in the community.

"For this reason, we ask the governors together with regents or mayors in Riau, Lampung, Southeast Sulawesi and Maluku to immediately coordinate in order to increase vaccination coverage and compliance with health protocols in their regions," he explained.

Based on data from the COVID-19 Task Force as of November 18, there were 132,073,986 people who had received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 86,335,923 people received the second dose of vaccination.

While the third dose of vaccination was followed by 1,197,837 people. The target for vaccination in Indonesia is set at 208,265,720 people.