Minister Of Home Affairs Tito's Message When Reviewing Child Freedom Vaccination At SDN 36 Pekanbaru

Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian/Istagram

RIAU - Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri), Tito Karnavian made a working visit to Riau Province, as well as inspecting the implementation of independent vaccination for children aged 6-11 years at SDN 36 Teladan, Pekanbaru, Friday, January 21.

On that occasion, the Minister of Home Affairs also virtually greeted other child vaccination centers in Pekanbaru City, and the sub-districts that had the opportunity to be called Tito Karnavian, namely Tenayan Raya District and West Rumbai District.

"Although the indicators for positive cases of COVID-19, and the number of cases of death due to COVID-19 have also decreased considerably and the BOR rate is very low, we must not let our guard down," said Minister of Home Affairs Tito as quoted by Antara.

This is because, he said, the threat still comes from the new variant of Omicron COVID-19, which has an explosion of cases in other countries, such as in Singapore, or in Australia it reaches more than a thousand per day and the United States as well.

Therefore, said the Minister of Home Affairs again, continue to progress, apply the 3 M, wash hands, wear masks and keep physically safe. In addition, the provincial, district and city governments are quick to complete the vaccination of their citizens.

"The giving of booster vaccines to the elderly must be done door to door, create a small team to target them. It is also important for children to be vaccinated so that we don't lose a quality generation because we don't learn optimally," he said.

If all have been vaccinated, said the Minister of Home Affairs again, the national economy will soon recover. On that occasion, the Minister of Home Affairs also took the time to ask questions to the children who were vaccinated. At the same time motivating them the importance of vaccination to prevent COVID-19.

Tito Karnavian congratulated him on participating in the independent vaccination of children in Riau Province, especially in Pekanbaru City. According to him, if there are parents who object to their children being vaccinated, they need to be given socialization.

"Alhamdulillah, if there are no objections, if there are objections, understanding should be given. Congratulations on participating in the vaccination, good luck," he said. percent. And for the vaccination of children, it is targeted that 107,000 children have been vaccinated and only 25,000 children have been vaccinated.

"This means that 25 percent of children in Pekanbaru City have been vaccinated and on Friday (21/1) it is targeted to vaccinate 10,000 doses. The implementation is carried out in 15 sub-districts throughout Pekanbaru City. Each sub-district has established a location for vaccination," he said.

"Thank you for visiting the Minister of Home Affairs, hopefully this motivates us to provide better services to the community," he said.

Also accompanying the Minister of Home Affairs in this work visit were the Governor of Riau (Gubri), Syamsuar, Forkopimda Riau, Assistant I of the Riau Secretariat as well as Acting Head of Riau Health Office, Masrul Kasmy, Regional Secretary of Pekanbaru City, Muhammad Jamil, Head of Pekanbaru City Health Office, Zaini Rizaldy, Head of Pekanbaru City Education Office Ismardi Ilyas and others.