Continues To Increase, Now Child Vaccination In Palangka Raya Reaches 60 Percent

Child/Intermediate Vaccination

PALANGKARAYA - The COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 6 to 11 years or the equivalent of Elementary School (SD) in the Palangka Raya City area, Central Kalimantan Province has been achieved by 60 percent.

"Until yesterday, the achievement of the COVID-19 vaccination target for children aged 6-11 years was around 60 percent. That number continues to grow," said Head of the Palangka Raya City Health Office Andjar Hari Purnomo in Palangkaraya, as reported by Antara, Friday, January 21.

Vaccination for elementary school age children, in the capital city of Central Kalimantan province, is an expansion of the vaccine target, from the target previously set by the local government.

The injection of the COVID-19 vaccine for elementary school-level children will continue to be carried out, in order to increase immunity against the threat of the spread of the corona virus. Along with the increase in immunity, a group of people, including in schools, will not be easily infected with the virus.

Previously, Head of the Palangka Raya Education Office, Akhmad Fauliansyah, said that in "City of Beauty", there were 32,083 children at the elementary school level. The number consists of 24,666 elementary school students and 7,417 Madrasah Ibtidaiyah (MI) students.

Currently, a number of elementary schools in Palangka Raya City have also implemented Limited Face-to-face Learning (PTM). In addition to implementing health protocols and complying with regulations, anticipation of the spread of COVID-19 in schools is also strengthened by vaccination for all students.

Meanwhile, based on data from the Palangka Raya City COVID-19 Handling Task Force, as of Thursday (20/01), in general, 249,492 residents or 111.67 percent, of the 223,417 COVID-19 vaccination targets have been injected with the first dose.

Then, for the COVID-19 vaccination in the Capital area of Central Kalimantan Province, in the second dose, 87.33 percent or as many as 195,119 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19. In order to accelerate the achievement of the COVID-19 vaccine, the Palangka Raya City government together with a number of parties others are intensifying vaccination, both by health care centers and other parties.

People in Palangka Raya City are also asked to always apply the COVID-19 health protocol, so as to minimize the potential and prevent the spread of the corona virus.