Indonesia Takes Note Of The Number Of Citizens Who Have Been Vaccinated Booster As Many As 60,307,606 People

Illustration of COVID-19 vaccination borne by the government. (Antara)

JAKARTA - The number of Indonesians who have received booster vaccinations has increased by 82,371 people as of Sunday, August 28 at around 12.00 WIB. Thus, the total number reached 60,307,606 people.

Based on data from the Ministry of Health, the number of Indonesians who received the first dose of vaccination was 203,284,604 people.

This figure is after experiencing an increase today as many as 10,976 people.

Meanwhile, 14,253 people received the second dose of vaccination from the previous day, which reached 170,878,374 people.

Meanwhile, 726 people received the second dose of booster vaccination from the previous day or a total of 284,770 people.

Citing Antara's report, the total population of Indonesia who has been vaccinated is currently 234,666,020 people.

Previously, the COVID-19 Handling Task Force (Satgas) asked local governments to re-strengthen education to communities in their respective regions.

Mainly about the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination in response to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases.

"The local government should again strengthen education on COVID-19 vaccination in order to accelerate the increase in COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the regions," said Coordinator of the Expert Team and Government Spokesperson for Handling COVID-19 Wiku Adisasmito some time ago.