The World Has Talked About Booster Vaccines, In Central Sulawesi Vaccinations For The Elderly Haven't Reached 60 Percent

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JAKARTA - The implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 6-11 years in Central Sulawesi (Sulteng) has yet to be carried out. The reason is that the cumulative achievement rate of vaccination for the elderly (elderly) is still low, below 60 percent.

"The province of Central Sulawesi has not yet met the requirements for vaccination of young children because vaccinations for the elderly are still low, so we have not started until January 2022," said Head of the Central Sulawesi Provincial Health Office I Komang Adi Sujandera in Palu, Tuesday, January 11.

He explained that the central government, through the Ministry of Health, had tapped, the cumulative percentage of achieving the first dose of vaccination for all targets and vaccination for the elderly group was the determining factor for every provincial government to vaccinate children.

Adi said the achievement of the first dose of vaccination for all targets in Central Sulawesi currently reaches 1.6 million people or around 77.5 percent, while the second dose only covers 907,000 people or about 42.5 percent, so the total cumulative percentage for both is 77 percent. .

Especially for vaccination targeting the elderly group, he said, it was still low with a percentage value of 47.3 percent as of January 8, 2021.

"The condition is that vaccination of the elderly group must be at 60 percent, then vaccination can start for children who will do face-to-face learning, therefore we together with Forkompimda elements continue to boost vaccination activities for the elderly," said the former Director of Undata Palu Hospital, quoted from Antara.

Adi also said that currently there are five regions whose vaccination achievement has reached 90 percent, including Palu City, Morowali Regency, Banggai Regency, Banggai Laut Regency and North Morowali Regency.

Meanwhile, Sigi Regency, Poso Regency, Tojo Una-una Regency, Donggala Regency, Buol Regency, Parigi-Moutong Regency, and Banggai Islands have the cumulative vaccination achievement above 70 percent, while Toli-toli Regency is still 67.8 percent.

Adi added that the Central Sulawesi Provincial Government has also targeted as many as 13 regencies/cities in the province to exceed the 80 percent achievement.