The First Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccination In Kendari Has Reached 92.6 Percent, The Second Dose Is 60.54 Percent

A resident of Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi while undergoing a COVID-19 vaccination (photo: doc. Antara)

JAKARTA – The achievement of the first dose of vaccination in Kendari has now reached 92.6 percent. This is a pretty good number. As of Sunday, January 30, the Kendari City Health Office, Southeast Sulawesi said that as many as 245,524 residents in the area had received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination from 265,147 targets.

The head of the Kendari Health Service, Rahminingrum, in Kendari, Sunday said vaccination needed to be carried out to increase a person's immune system so that communal resilience was formed from the COVID-19 pandemic and the new variant of the Omicron type.

"To date, the first dose of vaccination has reached 245,524 people or 92.6 percent, while the second dose has reached 160,515 or 60.54 percent of the target," he said.

He conveyed that vaccinations were continuously carried out in all health facilities throughout the city of Kendari in order to achieve the target so that a booster dose could be injected.

Vaccination targets health workers, public officials, the elderly, the general and vulnerable communities, workers, and youth to build communal resilience from the spread of COVID-19 and its new variants.

The vaccination coverage of the first dose of health workers reached 5,770 people (139 percent), the second dose reached 5,323 people (128.23 percent), the third dose reached 3,571 people (86.03 percent) out of 4,151 targets.

The first dose of vaccination for public officers reached 51,165 people or 135.32 percent and the second dose was administered to 36,926 people or 97.66 percent of the 37,810 targets.

The group of elderly people who had received the first dose of vaccination was 8,828 or 51.81 percent, the second dose reached 6,463 or 37.93 percent of the 17,040 targets. Then the new complementary vaccination reached 151 people or 0.89 percent of the target.

The vaccination targets for the general public and vulnerable groups were 170,409 people, of which 139,369 or 81.78 percent had received the first dose. The second dose of vaccination was only carried out at 85,963 or 50.44 percent of the target.

Then, the youth group vaccination coverage reached 37,171 or 104.01 percent of the 35,737 targets. Then the second dose of vaccination reached 25,474 or 71.28 percent of the target.

"For those who haven't vaccinated, let's come to the vaccination site. In addition, even though they have been vaccinated, the health protocols are still disciplined, starting to wear masks, keep your distance and wash your hands diligently," said Rahminingrum.