A Total Of 16,042 Children In Boyolali Have Been Injected With The COVID-19 Vaccine

Photo Archive. Health workers give COVID-19 vaccine injections to children aged 6-11 years at SD Negeri 1 Boyolali, Central Java, Monday (12/20/2021). (ANTARA/Bambang Dwi Marwoto)

BOYOLALI - The number of children aged six to 11 years in Boyolali Regency, Central Java Province, who have received an injection of the COVID-19 vaccine is 16,042 people, according to data from the Health Service.

"The number of children who have been vaccinated (using the COVID-19 vaccine) with the Sinovac brand in Boyolali is around 16.92 percent of the total target in Boyolali of 94,808 (children)," said Head of the Boyolali District Health Office, Puji Astuti in Boyolali, Friday, December 24. .

He said that the puskesmas in each sub-district held vaccination services at schools and village halls to speed up the completion of vaccination for children aged six to 11 years.

According to him, on Friday the vaccination service for children aged six to 11 years was carried out with a target of reaching 4,298 children in 10 sub-districts, namely Gradagsari (394), Boyolali City 1 (547), Boyolali City 2 (187), Teras (645), Banyudono 2 (187), Sambi (170), Simo (375), Andong (281), Ngemplak (391), and Wonosamodro (63).

Puji explained, overall the first dose of vaccination had been carried out on 761,179 people or 91.07 percent of the total 835,772 Boyolali residents who were targeted for COVID-19 vaccination and the number of people who had undergone the second dose of vaccination was 661,983 people or 79.21 percent of the target.

In the group of elderly people, the first dose of vaccination has been carried out on 90,911 people or 76.61 percent of the 118,670 elderly people who were targeted for vaccination and the second dose of vaccination has been carried out on 71,965 people or 60.64 percent of the total target. reports of one new case of COVID-19 transmission on Friday, after several days without additional cases.

"The addition of one new case means that Boyolali now has one active case being treated at the hospital, while those who have recovered from COVID-19 and have no death toll," he said.

Boyolali Regency has entered the low risk zone of transmission with the category of imposing level 1 restrictions on community activities.