Tangerang Regency Government Prepares 80 Thousand Doses Of Pfizer Vaccine For Booster, Targets 27 Thousand Elderly

Spokesperson for the Tangerang Regency COVID-19 Task Force, Hendra Tarmizi. (AMONG)

TANGERANG - The Tangerang Regency Government, Banten, has prepared 80,000 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for the third or booster vaccination which will be given to groups of elderly citizens on Thursday, January 13.

"Yes, we will use the Pfizer vaccine, because if we don't have AstraZeneca in stock. For now we have asked the Banten Provincial Government for 80,000 doses," said Tangerang Regency COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson, Hendra Tarmizi in Tangerang, Antara, Wednesday, January 12.

Hendra said the Pfizer type vaccine made in the United States had been distributed by the Banten Provincial Government as a dose of antibody booster vaccination in Tangerang Regency.

According to him, the use or combination of different vaccine brands from the first and second doses between Sinovac-Pfizer will not be a problem. In fact, he continued, it was recommended directly by the Indonesian Ministry of Health.

"It doesn't matter, it's even recommended for a different type of vaccine. In fact, Pfizer is safer for the elderly," he said.

In Tangerang Regency, the implementation of booster dose vaccination will gradually target as many as 27 thousand elderly people.

"Tomorrow we will do it in 5 sub-districts, namely Balaraja, Tigaraksa, Cikupa, Pasar Kemis and Panongan sub-districts," he said.

Furthermore, after the elderly group is finished, the Tangerang Regency Government will also prioritize public servants, TNI/Polri, religious leaders and religious scholars as targets for antibody-boosting vaccinations.

"So we are doing it in stages, starting from morning to evening for the implementation of this booster vaccine," he said.