Riau Health Office Operates COVID-19 Vaccination Mall, Capable Of Serving 500-600 Doses Per Day

Head of Riau Health Office Zainal Arifin/ANTARA

PEKANBARU - The Riau Provincial Health Office has officially operated the COVID-19 Vaccination Mall today with a target of 500-600 doses per day. The location of the vaccination is at the Riau Health Office Archives Building, Jalan Melur Pekanbaru.

"The existence of the COVID-19 Vaccination Mall can also serve routine immunizations in Pekanbaru City and is expected to provide benefits for the people of Riau, especially in Pekanbaru City, this mall is the only one in Indonesia," said Head of the Riau Provincial Health Office, Zainal Arifin in Pekanbaru. , Between, Thursday, August 11th.

Currently, there is no one in Indonesia who is open to stating that they are ready to provide vaccination services every day. The COVID-19 vaccination mall, which was inaugurated by Riau Governor Syamsuar, is the first in Indonesia.

Zainal said that at the vaccination mall building, three types of services were provided at once, the first is the vaccination and immunization mall, the second is the archive unit that has a digitized system, and the 119 public service call.

"For the next week in this month, the Riau Health Office will carry out an evaluation of this vaccination. If the community really needs it, it will provide a vaccination service car," he said.

The Head of the Riau Health Office added that the daily target for vaccination is 500-600 doses. In addition to the COVID-19 vaccination, small children can also carry out routine immunizations at these locations.

He hopes that this facility will become an alternative for the community that can be used every day to get vaccination services.

"The readiness of vaccination in Riau is ensured to be sufficient. For human resources, the Riau Health Office cooperates with the Pekanbaru City Health Office and when it exceeds the visit, the Riau Health Office is ready to support it," he said.