Have A Booster Vaccine Special For The Elderly 90 Thousand, But In Tangerang Only 2 Thousand Are Used, This Is The Reason

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JAKARTA - The administration of the third dose of antibody booster vaccine or booster for elderly residents in the Tangerang Regency, Banten is still not maximal from the specified target achievement.

"We have received 90,000 booster vaccines from the province. The vaccines used by the elderly are currently only around 2,000," said Tangerang Regency COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson, Hendra Tarmizi in Tangerang, Tuesday, January 18, as reported by Antara.

The target for the booster vaccine has not been maximized for the elderly group, because there is very little interest from them to get the vaccine.

So, his party also followed the policy of the Tangerang Regent Ahmed Zaki Iskandar to give it to the general public with the aim that the booster vaccine process does not stop and continues to run by using a vaccine dose of 90 thousand.

"Actually, this vaccine is a priority for the elderly. But at the time of implementing the vaccine, there was very little interest in the elderly. Finally, our policy was that the vaccine was used for ages 18 and over," he said.

According to him, there are many obstacles that cause the low achievement of vaccination for the elderly, because many of these groups have not received tickets or have not received the second vaccine within six months.

"There are also those who are injected with the age of 59 years and the booster is 60 years old, so they are not included in the elderly group and the administration must be corrected," he said.

He revealed that in an effort to reach the target of 105,000 elderly from the predetermined target, his party had carried out a door to door system for the elderly to get a booster vaccine.

"Because they are really difficult to get to, so we do it door to door," he said.

He added that this Pfizer type of vaccine must be immediately injected into the community, because the durability period is only one month after being received from distribution. So, his party decided that the vaccine was also used for citizens aged 18 years and over with the target of public servants such as state civil servants (ASN) and teachers.

"So if we only wait for the elderly, we are afraid that it will expire," he said.