The First Dose Of COVID Vaccination For The Elderly In Kudus Reached 60 Percent

Health workers inject COVID-19 vaccine into the arm of an elderly citizen at his home (ANTARA)

KUDUS - The first dose of COVID-19 vaccination has covered 60 percent of the total 71,098 elderly people who were targeted for vaccination in Kudus Regency, Central Java Province.

According to data from the Kudus District Health Office, the number of elderly residents who had received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine was 42,735 people or 60.1 percent of the target.

"Meanwhile, the second dose (vaccination coverage) has only reached 39.30 percent," said Head of the Surveillance and Immunization Section of the Kudus District Health Office Aniq Fuad in Kudus, Antara, Friday, December 24.

With the coverage of the first dose of vaccination which has reached 60 percent for the elderly, he said, the Kudus Regency Government has been able to carry out COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged six to 11 years.

The Kudus district government has received 10,000 doses of Novavax vaccine to vaccinate children aged six to 11 years. The district government plans to carry out COVID-19 vaccinations for children in that age range starting last Wednesday, 23 December.

The number of children targeted for COVID-19 vaccination in Kudus Regency was recorded at 79,000 children.

The Health Office coordinates with the Education, Youth and Sports Office in carrying out COVID-19 vaccinations for groups of children aged six to 11 years. Overall, the coverage of COVID-19 vaccination in Kudus Regency is already high.

Until December 24, 2021, the first dose of vaccination has been carried out on 75.76 percent of the 65,884 residents who were targeted for vaccination and the second dose of vaccination has covered 59.58 percent of the vaccination target in Kudus Regency.