Bad News Comes From Minister Of Health Budi Gunadi For Those Who Have Been Fully Vaccinated Or Boosters: Can Be Infected With Omicron

Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin (Photo by BPMI Setpres/Rusman)

JAKARTA - Don't be arrogant if you have been vaccinated with a complete dose or even a booster. The vaccine cannot guarantee that the omicron variant cannot enter the body.

This confirmation was delivered directly by the Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin. He said, those who had received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and had even received a booster, could still be exposed to the variant that was first discovered by scientists in South Africa.

He conveyed this after seeing the condition of a number of countries in Europe that experienced a lot of deployment of this new variant. In fact, the vaccination coverage there is already very high.

"It has been proven now that the ability to neutralize post-infection and immunization viruses has decreased against Omicron compared to other variants. There is a high possibility that some people who have been fully vaccinated or boosted will still be infected with Omicron," said Budi, Monday, December 20 through the Setpres YouTube channel.

Budi asked the public to immediately vaccinate against COVID-19. He also suggested that citizens do not have to choose the vaccine they will get. "We urge the public to speed up vaccinations," said the former Deputy Minister of SOEs.

It is necessary to inject this vaccination to prevent the possible spread of the Omicron variant in the community. "Please, our most frequent vaccinations now are Pfizer and AstraZeneca. You don't have to choose what type of vaccine, just get vaccinated right away," said Budi.

The Minister of Health explained that currently there are 107 million people who have received two doses of the vaccine. Thus, he believes the World Health Organization (WHO) target of 40 percent of the total vaccination target will be achieved in the not too distant future.

"We think that in the next two days we will be able to achieve the WHO target of 40 percent of the population for two injections," he explained.

Meanwhile, 542,000 injections have been given for children's vaccines, which have been implemented since last week. "This is a good number," concluded Budi.