These Are The Requirements For Children Who Can Take Part In The 6-11 Year Old COVID-19 Vaccination In Jakarta

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JAKARTA - Head of the DKI Jakarta Health Office, Widyastuti, explained a number of conditions for children who can take part in the COVID-19 vaccination aged 6 to 11 years in the capital city.

"In connection with the issuance of a letter from the Ministry of Health regarding only 115 regencies/cities in Indonesia that are allowed to carry out child vaccinations, the DKI Health Office has issued an explanation letter," Widyastuti told reporters, Thursday, December 16.

Widyastuti explained, the implementation of this child vaccination was held in two categories of locations, namely at school and outside school. In school vaccination, the target is students who attend vaccination sites, both residents of DKI Jakarta and outside DKI Jakarta.

Meanwhile, for out-of-school vaccinations, the target of children 6-11 years old who can receive vaccinations in health care facilities is limited to two categories.

"The targets for vaccination other than at school are, firstly, children who are residents of DKI Jakarta as evidenced by a Family Card or Child Identity Card (KIA) which includes a residential address in the DKI Jakarta area," explained Widyastuti.

"Second, children who are not residents of DKI Jakarta and are not registered as students in the Education unit in DKI Jakarta, but reside in DKI Jakarta as evidenced by showing a domicile certificate from the RT according to their residential address in the DKI Jakarta area and has been registered in the citizen data application. ," he continued.

It is known, the total number of children aged 6-11 years registered in the Basic Education Data (Dapodik) is 1.1 million children. Widyastuti explained that all of them can be vaccinated in three places, namely schools, health centers and hospitals, as well as vaccination centers in the community.

The vaccines used are Bio Farma and/or Coronavac (Sinovac) vaccines. This vaccination aims to prevent serious illness and death in infected children, support the implementation of face-to-face learning, minimize transmission in schools/education units, and accelerate the achievement of herd immunity.