Depok Simulates Covid-19 Vaccine Delivery, Ridwan Kamil Will Present

Depok City Hall (Feru Lantara / Antara)

JAKARTA - The Government of Depok City, West Java, is holding a simulation of giving the COVID-19 vaccine at the Tapos Health Center this Thursday which will be attended by West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil.

Reported by Antara, Thursday, October 22, Depok Mayor Dedi Supandi in Depok, Thursday, said the simulation was carried out according to standard operating procedures (SOP) if the vaccine was available.

At present, he said, his party had not received the COVID-19 vaccine which would be given to residents of Depok City. But if the vaccine is already there, residents can get it at health centers throughout the city of Depok.

In the vaccine simulation, first there is an explanation of vaccination from the University of Indonesia (UI) vaccine expert and the preparation and vaccination strategy in West Java.

Meanwhile, Dadang Wihana, spokesperson for the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19 in Depok City, said that vaccines would be given in November and December 2020.

The Depok City Government will provide the COVID-19 vaccine to 290 thousand Depok residents with priority on health workers and public service workers.

He explained that the total number of people vaccinated was 60 percent of Depok's population, so around 1.4 million people. For the initial stage, the first 20 percent. So about 290 thousand people will be vaccinated.

Vaccination is targeted for 60 percent of the total population, but the first priority for 20 percent of the population. Based on a decision from the Ministry of Health, vaccine recipients are health service and public service workers with an age range of 18-59 years.

After 20 percent of Depok residents are vaccinated, the other 40 percent will wait for a decision from the Central COVID-19 Task Force.

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