JAKARTA - First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo visits the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination for children aged six to 11 years at the Ministry of Health office complex, Jakarta, today.

"I saw the situation, the conditions, none of the children were afraid, all were happy, and all had been vaccinated," said Iriana as quoted in an official statement from the Press Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat, Antara, Monday, December 27.

The First Lady arrived at the vaccination service at the Siwabessy Auditorium in Prof. Sujudi Building at 08.00 a.m.

She was welcomed by the wife of Vice President Wury Ma'ruf Amin, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin, General Chair of the Solidarity Action Organization for the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet Era (OASE KIM) Erni Guntarti Tjahjo Kumolo, and OASE KIM administrators.

Upon arrival at the vaccination site, the First Lady greeted the children and monitored the implementation of the vaccination service.

On Monday, 100 of the total 500 children aged six to 11 years who were targeted for the COVID-19 vaccination service were present at the Siwabessy Auditorium.

The government carries out COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged six to 11 years starting on December 14, 2021. The number of children aged six to 11 years who are targeted for COVID-19 vaccination is around 26.5 million throughout Indonesia.


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