Ministry Of Health: January 12, Free And Paid Booster Vaccines Start

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JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, said the implementation of the COVID-19 booster vaccination or antibody booster dose on January 12 was valid for free or paid.

"The booster will start on January 12, 2022, both (free and paid)," said Siti Nadia Tarmizi, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, January 4.

Nadia said free booster vaccines through government subsidies were given to the Contribution Assistance Recipients (PBI), especially the elderly.

"What is certain is that the government's target is to vaccinate the elderly as a group that is prone to being hospitalized when exposed and also has severe symptoms, and even dies," he said.

In addition, there are independent participants who pay themselves, are paid by the company or other people to get booster vaccine injections at a number of health care facilities with a tariff of IDR 300,000 per person.

Previously, the Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, said that as many as 21 million Indonesians were included in the target group for the booster vaccination, which will start on January 12, 2022.

The booster vaccine will be given to adults over 18 years of age in accordance with the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Another provision is to target districts/cities that have met the criteria for 70 percent of the first dose of injection and 60 percent of the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine. The Ministry of Health has recorded that there are 244 districts/cities that have met these criteria.

Budi said the booster vaccination will be given at intervals of injections above six months after the second dose is received by the participants.