55.9 Percent Of Children 6-11 Years Old In Jakarta Have Been Vaccinated

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JAKARTA - Head of Public Relations of the DKI Education Agency, Taga Radja Gah, said that currently 55.9 percent of children aged 6-11 years have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Jakarta.

"Based on the cut-off data on January 11 at 10.00 a.m. local time, the percentage of vaccine data for children aged 6 to 11 years is 55.9 percent," said Taga when contacted, Tuesday, January 11.

In other words, currently there are 404,192 children aged 6-11 years who have been vaccinated in the capital city of the target 723.044 children.

In carrying out the vaccination for elementary school-aged children, Taga admitted that there are still parents who have not allowed their children to be vaccinated.

"There are parents who don't allow their children to be vaccinated. That's the data from the Health Service, they have data. We don't have data on children who specifically refuse," said Taga.

For information, the vaccination for children was carried out based on a recommendation from the National Immunization Expert Advisory Committee (Indonesian Technical Advisory Group on Immunization/ITAGI) through letter number 166/ITAGI/Adm/XII/2021 dated December 9, 2021, regarding the study of Covid-19 vaccination in children aged 6-11 years.

The government targets the vaccination target for children aged 6-11 years, starting on December 14, 2021, to reach 26.5 million people throughout Indonesia. The government provides vaccinations for children aged 6-11 years to protect against serious illness and death from COVID-19.

The type of vaccine used by children aged 6-11 years is Sinovac. The vaccine is given in two doses with an interval of 28 days.