BANJAR - Polres Banjar Polda South Kalimantan (Kalsel) prepared Umrah prizes for vaccination participants as an effort to attract enthusiasm from the community to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
"We specialize in this Umrah prize for residents of Banjar Regency, there are two selected people who will later go to the Holy Land, Mecca. The Regency Government also provides three Umrah packages," said Banjar Police Chief AKBP Doni Hadi Santoso in Martapura, Thursday, December 9.
He explained that the Umrah prize will be drawn after the vaccination reaches 70 percent in the area as the government's target nationally.
"We all hope that this target can be achieved by the end of the year, if not, at the beginning of 2022, it must continue to be intensified so that it can be achieved as soon as possible," he said.
Doni stated that his party is committed to assisting local governments in accelerating vaccination efforts by continuing to hold precision vaccination booths at both the Resort Police and the Sector Police ranks.
The pick-up system is also carried out by opening vaccine services to public areas and crowded places, including places of worship and residential areas.
"I have ordered Bhabinkamtibmas to actually record the residents in their target areas, if anyone has not been vaccinated, they are immediately invited to participate in the vaccine in order to break the chain of spread of COVID-19," said the 2001 Akpol alumni.
Meanwhile, the Head of Ops of the Banjar Police, Kompol Letjon Simanjorang, said the latest data showed a total of 148,248 doses of vaccination or 33.52 percent in Banjar Regency. Based on data from the Ministry of Health, Banjar Regency with a population of 565,635 people is targeting vaccination of 442,251 people or 78 percent.
Member of the Lambung Mangkurat University (ULM) Expert Team for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19 Hidayatullah Muttaqin appreciated the breakthrough from the Banjar Police and the Banjar Regency Government in an effort to accelerate the vaccination.
According to him, extraordinary efforts must be made to achieve the targeted vaccine score.
"If indeed this way of giving gifts is considered effective in increasing public interest, of course it is a good thing. I think other regions can carry out similar innovations, of course adjusted to what local wisdom is more or less appropriate," he explained.
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