Booster Vaccination In Tangerang Regency Lack Of Interest, Officers Plan To Pick Up Football

Medical personnel administer booster vaccine injections for ASN in Tangerang/ Photo: Jehan/ VOI

TANGERANG - The Tangerang Regency Government (Pemkab) has prepared 90,000 doses of vaccine for the elderly and other vulnerable groups. This is done to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. However, in practice, the vaccination participants were not very enthusiastic, they were quiet. "We can get 90,000 booster vaccines from the provinces," said COVID-19 Spokesperson, Dr Hendra Tarmizi to reporters at the Tangerang Regency Government Building, Tuesday, January 18. only 2000 people have just received the Booster Vaccine injection. This happens because there is too little interest from the elderly. "Actually, this vaccine is prioritized for the elderly. The vaccines used by the elderly are only around 2000, so very few vaccines are used by the elderly. 18 years and over," he said. In addition, Hendra explained the reason for the low vaccination rate for the elderly in Tangerang Regency. Because many of these groups are constrained administration.

"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 improved," he continued. On that occasion, Hendra said to increase the number of vaccinations for the elderly his party would apply a pick-up method or door to door. "Because they are really difficult to get to, so we do it door to door," he said.