Indonesian Citizens Have Been Injected With Booster Vaccines Totalling 65.37 Million People

Illustration. Ariel Noah was injected with the COVID-19 vaccine witnessed by the Governor of West Java Ridwan Kamil. (Instagram-apramadan)

JAKARTA - The COVID-19 Task Force (Satgas) reports that 65.37 million Indonesians have received the third dose or booster vaccine until Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 12.00 WIB.

Based on data from the COVID-19 Task Force, the number of people who had received three doses of the COVID-19 vaccine increased by 34,178 people, bringing the total to 65,379,116 people.

Thus, an injection of a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine has been given to 27.86 percent of the total population targeted for COVID-19 vaccination as many as 234,666,020 people.

Meanwhile, the population who received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine increased by 10,236 people, bringing the total to 171,989,257 people, or equivalent to 73.29 percent of the total target.

While the recipients of the first dose increased by 5,408 people, bringing the total number to 205,190,090 people or had been given to 87.44 percent of the total target.

For the fourth vaccination, which is currently still targeting an increase of 2,226 health workers, so that 682,436 people have undergone the fourth vaccination.

Previously, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Mohammad Syahril, reminded the public to immediately access protection for the COVID-19 vaccine at a booster or booster dose amid the increase in the number of cases due to the new variant in Indonesia.

"This is a record for all of us, that the pandemic is still around us and there are 28 countries experiencing an increase in cases, including Singapore. This is associated with the new subvariants XBB and XBB.1," he said.

Based on data from the Ministry of Health as of November 3, 2022, there were 30 provinces that experienced an increase in COVID-19 cases in the past week, while four other provinces experienced a decrease in cases.

According to the Ministry of Health's daily COVID-19 report, four provinces that have seen a decline in confirmed cases include Bengkulu, Jambi, West Papua, and Gorontalo. While the rest experienced an increasing trend of cases.

The number of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases is 4,951. In the last four days, cases rose from 4,700s to 4,900s.

According to Syahril, there are six steps that Indonesia has taken to end the pandemic, in addition to booster achievements, as well as increasing education to the public so that they continue to implement health protocols.

"Health protocols are a requirement, don't relax just yet. This is part of our protection and prevention. Stay alert, but don't panic," he said.

The Ministry of Health has recently distributed five million Pfizer vaccines for booster doses to areas in need. In addition, IndoVac's domestically produced vaccines are also ready to be distributed to vaccination service centers.