Not Good News, Only 6 Percent Of Riau Islands Residents Have Been Injected With Boosters

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JAKARTA - The Riau Islands COVID-19 Task Force (Kepri) noted that only 108,410 people had been injected with the third dose of vaccine (booster).

Spokesman for the Riau Islands COVID-19 Handling Task Force, Tjetjep Yudiana, said the average number of people who were injected with the third dose of the vaccine was 1,600 people/day. Of the 108,410 people, 9,426 of them are at least 60 years old.

"The target for the third dose of vaccination is 1,264,962 people," he said, Wednesday, February 23.

Meanwhile, the vaccination target for children aged 6-11 years has reached 221,670 people. A total of 189,330 children that age have been injected with the first dose of vaccine. Meanwhile, 126,990 children have received the second dose of vaccine

"The remaining target for the first dose of vaccination is 32,340 people, and the second dose is 94,680 people," said the former Head of the Riau Islands Health Office as seen from Antara.

Tjetjep added that the vaccination target for Riau Islands residents aged 12-17 years was 207,663 people. A total of 216,290 people or 104.15 percent had been vaccinated with the first dose, while the second dose was 186,450 people or 89.78 percent.

"The rest of the target teenagers who have not been vaccinated with the first dose are 2,783 people, while the second dose is 21,213 people or 89.78 percent," he said.

There were 1,312,304 people or 95.55 percent of the Riau Islands residents who had the first dose of vaccination, or 95.55 percent, while the second dose was 1,100,492 people or 80.13 percent.

"The remaining targets for the first dose of vaccination for that age are 76,015 people, and the second dose is 272,880 people," he said.

Tjetjep expressed his appreciation to a number of parties who have consistently held mass vaccinations to accelerate the implementation of the program to strengthen the citizens' immune system from the COVID-19 attack.

"We thank the TNI and Polri, BIN, and other parties who continuously carry out mass vaccination programs," he said.