Governor Of West Sulawesi Asks For Booster Vaccinations To Prevent Omicron BA.4 And BA.5

Acting Governor of West Sulawesi (Sulbar) Akmal Malik. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Acting Governor of West Sulawesi (Sulbar) Akmal Malik asked the district government in this province to boost booster dose vaccination as an effort to prevent the potential spread of COVID-19 cases of the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants.

"The West Sulawesi Provincial Government continues to increase its early vigilance in the face of the potential spread of COVID-19 cases of the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants," Akmal Malik said in Mamuju, quoted from Antara, Sunday, June 19.

He said the Provincial Government (Pemprov) of West Sulawesi is also coordinating and asking the government at the district level to increase vigilance against the spread of the new Omicron subvariant.

"All governments in six regencies in West Sulawesi are asked to boost the third or booster dose of vaccination to increase people's immunity in order to anticipate the spread of COVID-19, the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants," he said.

He also asked the West Sulawesi Health Office and all Health Offices at the district level to carry out their respective duties in being aware of this new Omicron subvariant.

"Supporting infrastructure and health workers have been asked to be prepared to be aware of the new Omicron subvariant," he said.

He also asked the public to continue to comply with health protocols, especially to continue to use masks indoors.

"The public must continue to adhere to health protocols such as wearing masks, maintaining distance, and avoiding crowds in an effort to maintain conducive conditions," he said.

Based on data from the West Sulawesi Provincial Health Office until June 2022, vaccination in West Sulawesi out of a total of 1,250,708 targets, has reached 70.13 percent for vaccine dose 1 or 877,110 people.

While the vaccine dose 2 reached 617,812 people or 49.40 percent, while the vaccine dose 3 reached 7.76 percent or 71,788 people.