Pursuing Vaccination Target, Banjarmasin Police Attracts Residents With Motorcycle Prizes

Banjarmasin City Police, Grand Commissioner Pol Sabana A. Martosumito when handing over a motorbike prize for vaccination participants/Photo: Antara

BANJARMASIN - Banjarmasin City Police, the ranks of the South Kalimantan Regional Police, boosted the achievement of 100 percent vaccination with the lure of motorbike prizes for people who were lucky when the lottery was chosen as the winner.

"According to the government's target of vaccinating at least 100 percent of the first dose, we will continue to encourage it to be achieved immediately," said the Banjarmasin Police Chief, Grand Commissioner Pol Sabana A. Martosumito in Banjarmasin, Sunday, May 8.

In the latest prize handover, a motorcycle raffle was won by Putri Salmah, a student of the Faculty of Law at Lambung Mangkurat University (ULM) who took part in the precision vaccine booth of the Banjarmasin Police at the Sultan Suriansyah Building.

Sabana hopes that the gifts provided by his party will inspire people to get vaccinated for those who have not or immediately completed the complete dose of vaccination up to a booster dose.

"Gifts are bonuses, the most important thing is that there is enthusiasm and public awareness to participate in vaccinations," he said as quoted by Antara.

Sabana also ensures that vaccination services are continuously carried out both day and night as long as vaccine stocks are available. This includes raids on checking vaccination cards so that people who are found to have not been vaccinated or when it is time for the next dose to be known to be given a vaccine injection on the spot.

Based on data from the Banjarmasin City Health Office on May 7, 2022, of the 516,066 people targeted for vaccination, 478,036 people or 92.63 percent of them had received the first dose, 385,668 people or 74.73 percent of the second dose, and 96,848 people or 18.77 percent of the dose. third.

While the elderly targeted 36,212 people, the first dose was 26,622 people or 73.52 percent, the second dose was 20,392 people or 56.31 percent and the third dose was 6,329 people or 17.48 percent.

Meanwhile, children aged 6 to 11 years were targeted at 69,608 people, the recipients of the first dose were 26,717 people or 38.38 percent, and the second dose was 16,616 people or 23.87 percent.