BIN Starts Targeting COVID-19 Vaccinations For Elementary School Children In West Java

Elementary school students participate in vaccination activities at school. (ANTARA/HO-BIN West Java)

JAKARTA - The State Intelligence Agency (BIN) has begun targeting children or elementary school (SD) students to take part in the COVID-19 vaccination in West Java after children aged six to 11 years are allowed to receive the vaccine. Head of West Java Regional BIN Brigadier General Deddy Agus Purwanto said vaccination for elementary school students aged six to 11 years it has been allowed according to the letter of the Ministry of Health Number: SR.01.02/4/3309/2021. "This is the first vaccination in Indonesia targeting elementary school students. We provide 400 doses of COVID-19 vaccine , for third, fourth, and sixth grade elementary school students," said Deddy in a statement received in Bandung, West Java, Wednesday, December 14. In West Java, according to him, vaccination for children aged six to 11 years has only been permitted by nine districts and cities, namely Depok City, Cimahi City, Bogor City, Bekasi City, Banjar City, Bandung City, Ciamis Regency, Bekasi Regency and West Bandung Regency. at SD Negeri Sukatani 07 and SDN 01 Depok, Depok City, West Java. Deddy said the vaccination targeting elementary school students was aimed at face-to-face learning. Because, he said, vaccination is one of the keys to breaking the chain of COVID-19 spread. "It is very important, with vaccination, it creates herd immunity or communal immunity. This is our effort to fight the pandemic, especially face-to-face learning has now begun. "The vaccination for children was carried out after the Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin issued the Decree of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia (KMK) Number HK.01.07./MENKES/6688/2021 concerning the Implementation of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination for Children. Ages six to 11 years. The vaccination for children is carried out based on the recommendation from the Indonesian Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (ITAGI) through Letter Number 166/ITAGI/Adm/XII/2021 dated 9 December 2021 regarding Vaccination Studies COVID-19 in children aged 6-11 years.