Booster Vaccination In Central Bangka Reaches 38,124 People

Illustration of the COVID-19 vaccination at Careggi Hospital, Italy in December 2020. (Antara-Reuters-Jennifer Lorenzini)

BABEL - A total of 38,124 residents in Central Bangka Regency, have received a booster vaccine dose.

The head of the Central Bangka Health Office, Dr. Anas Maarif, said that booster vaccine doses continue to be intensified in the community to accelerate the COVID-19 vaccination program.

"Acceleration for booster vaccines still needs to be increased to remote villages and we encourage all community health centers to accelerate the administration of this 3rd dose of vaccine," he said in Koba, quoted from Antara, Sunday, July 3.

He added, the number of residents who have been injected with boosters is currently equal to 24.87 percent of the total 153,277 vaccination targets in the district of the Bangka Belitung Islands region.

The former head of the Central Bangka Bappeda said the booster vaccine was for those who had already received dose 1 and dose 2.

"This booster vaccine is part of the anticipation of the COVID-19 virus attack, especially the Omicron variant," he said.

In addition to booster vaccines, his party also encourages children aged 6 to 11 years to be vaccinated immediately.

Likewise, the elderly continue to be encouraged to get a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

"The administration of vaccine doses for children has reached 88.49 percent of the target of 24,000 children," he said.