Proven Effective, East West Sumatra Payakumbuh District Provide COVID Vaccination Until Night

East Payakumbuh sub-district head Dewi Novita (ANTARA)

W Sumatra - In an effort to speed up the completion of the COVID-19 vaccination, vaccination services are provided until the evening in the East Payakumbuh District, Payakumbuh City, West Sumatra Province.

"This implementation is to make it easier for people who cannot take vaccinations during the day because of their busy lives," said the East Payakumbuh sub-district head, Dewi Novita in Payakumbuh, as reported by Antara, Thursday, November 8.

The nighttime COVID-19 vaccination service, which has been provided since Monday, November 15, has proven to be effective in helping residents access vaccination services.

"In fact, there are 80 people who register to participate in the vaccine, although only 59 can be vaccinated because there are those whose second vaccine schedule has not yet arrived. This means that this will be effective if we hold it often," he said.

Dewi said that the sub-district government also provides vaccination services at events that are attended by many people, such as the kite competition in Payobasung Village.

"We together with the village continue to make various efforts to increase the COVID-19 vaccination in East Payakumbuh District," he said.

He stressed the importance of the role of village government officials to the administrators of the dasawisma and neighborhood associations and community units in an effort to comb through residents who have not been vaccinated.

"All parties must take a persuasive approach to the community, provide understanding so that people who previously did not want to be vaccinated," he said.

According to sub-district government data, until last Monday, COVID-19 vaccination had been carried out on about 51 percent of the total 22,000 residents who were targeted for vaccination in East Payakumbuh.

"The number of vaccination achievements continues to move because we continue to vaccinate in urban villages, today there are five points for the implementation of COVID-19 vaccination," said Dewi.