Khofifah Asks For Accelerated Child Vaccination, Pursues The Target Of PTM Held In 2022

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SURABAYA - The Governor of East Java, Khofifah Indar Parawansa, is targeting the implementation of face-to-face learning (PTM) in East Java to be held in early 2022. Therefore, Khofifah asked to accelerate the implementation of COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 6-11 years.

"PTM provides very high effectiveness for students in achieving academic and non-academic achievements. Hopefully this endeavor can accelerate PTM as a whole in East Java," said Khofifah, in Surabaya, Wednesday, December 15.

This vaccination, continued Khofifah, was carried out simultaneously in five districts/cities, namely Surabaya City with 25,741 students in 116 elementary schools, Banyuwangi Regency with 739 students, Ngawi Regency with 300 students, Pacitan Regency with 30 students, and Lamongan Regency with 90 students. There is also a type of vaccine that is given to children aged 6-11 years, Sinovac type with a dose of 0.5 mg.

"So the total number of vaccines given to children aged 6-11 years in five districts/cities today is 27,322 students," he said.

For East Java, continued Khofifah, child vaccinations were held in 21 regions, namely Banyuwangi Regency, Bojonegoro Regency, Gresik Regency, Jombang Regency, Kediri Regency, Lamongan Regency, Madiun Regency, Magetan Regency, Malang Regency, Mojokerto Regency, Ngawi Regency and Pacitan Regency. , Sidoarjo Regency, and Tuban Regency.

This childhood vaccination program refers to the achievement of the general vaccination target of at least 70 percent, and the elderly vaccination reaching a minimum of 60 percent. "This is based on data from the Indonesian Ministry of Health two days ago. However, this data continues to move along with the movement of vaccination achievements in all districts/cities," he said.

Khofifah is optimistic that vaccination for children aged 6-11 years will run quickly. Moreover, the Indonesian Ministry of Health is scheduled to send additional vaccines for children aged 6-11 years in East Java today. However, Khofifah did not mention how many additional vaccines there would be.

"We will immediately send it to the district / city for immediate use as soon as possible. I have ordered the Head of the East Java Health Service (Dinkes) to immediately distribute the vaccine to all district / city Health Offices, to be coordinated with the education and school offices in East Java," he said.

Khofifah invites the participation of parents to support the implementation of vaccination for children. This needs to be reminded so that when the government starts running PTM, they are ready to go back to school. "Please parents can provide understanding and permission to their children aged 6 to 11 years to take vaccinations," he said.