21.47 Million Indonesians Have Received COVID-19 Booster Vaccines

COVID-19 Vaccination. (Antaranews)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health announced that the number of Indonesians who had received booster vaccine injections reached 21,474,870. That figure is based on today's addition of 1,340,225.

From official data received in Jakarta, the addition of this third dose of recipients after 158.830,466 people received the second dose of vaccine. There were an additional 855,959 people who received the second dose of vaccine on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the first dose of vaccine has reached 196,240,871 or there are daily additions of 282,832 people. The government targets the national vaccination target to reach 208,265,720 people.

Approaching Ramadan 2022, the Government Spokesperson for Handling COVID-19, Wiku Adisasmito, emphasized that COVID-19 vaccination will continue to be accelerated in line with the fatwa from the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) which states that COVID-19 vaccination does not cancel fasting.

"Vaccination efforts will continue to be carried out in the month of Ramadan, because according to the MUI Fatwa Number 13 of 2021, vaccination during fasting does not invalidate fasting," said Wiku, as quoted by Antara.

Vaccination against COVID-19 is one of the requirements for carrying out Lebaran homecoming this year. People who have received booster or booster vaccines can carry out homecoming without having a COVID-19 test.

Meanwhile, those who have undergone the second and first doses of vaccination can carry out Lebaran 2022 homecoming after having negative results from COVID-19 testing.