East Java Receives 317 Thousand Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine, Khofifah: This Vaccine Is Halal

Vaccination simulation in East Java (ISTIMEWA)

SURABAYA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) has allocated 317,000 doses of the first phase vaccine for East Java Province. East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa, confirmed that the vaccine is lawful for the community.

"Of that amount, if divided into about 158,500 vaccines," said Khofifah, while watching the simulation of the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination at RSI Jemursari Surabaya, Friday, December 18.

Khofifah said, East Java was in a position to be ready to administer vaccine immunizations to the public. This condition is reinforced by the condition of East Java which already has 8,501 vaccine boxes, 1,800 refrigerators, 2,404 vaccinators and programmers in every district / city.

Khofifah is sure that the implementation of the vaccine will not last for months, because East Java has a certified vaccinator with seven processes who have been trained, and has two programmers from 38 districts / cities. If one person is given the vaccine twice, said Khofifah, then within 14 days it can be fulfilled.

"So the implementation of the vaccine will not take months, unless we get additional vaccines, we will prepare additional vaccinators as well as health facilities," he said.

The first female governor in East Java appreciated the Jemursari Hospital for being appointed by the Ministry of Health, to be an example for other private hospitals. Khofifah ensured that the Covid-19 vaccine was halal to be given to the public.

"Allhamdulillah, today the implementation of the covid-19 vaccine simulation in East Java was attended by the General Chairman of the Central MUI, KH. Miftakhul Akhyar. This shows that this vaccine is halal. Halal is an important part in convincing the public," he said.

Jember Paru Hospital Prepared for COVID-19 Patients

The East Java provincial government is preparing a Paru Hospital in Jember to become a COVID-19 Emergency Hospital. Paru Jember Hospital will later cover a number of areas in the eastern part of East Java, such as Lumajang, Situbondo, and Banyuwangi.

"Yesterday we inaugurated the Ijen Boulevard Emergency Hospital in Malang, now we are preparing the Paru Hospital in Jember as a COVID-19 Emergency Hospital for the eastern part of East Java," said Khofifah.

According to Khofifah, this step was a response to the high increase in COVID-19 cases in East Java, especially in Jember and its surroundings. The hope is that the Emergency Hospital will be able to treat the increasing number of COVID-19 patients.

Prior to Jember, Khofifah had established a COVID-19 Field Hospital in Surabaya, to cover the northern part of East Java, such as Surabaya, Sidoarjo, Gresik, Lamongan. Then the Field Emergency Hospital (RSDL) Ijen Boulevard in Malang, to cover the southern part of East Java, such as Malang City, Malang Regency, Batu City, Pasuruan Regency, Pasuruan City.

"Even now in Jember, the East Java Provincial Government's pulmonary hospital is also preparing to be converted specifically to serve COVID-19 patients, so far it has served COVID-19 patients but only a quarter of the bed capacity, now it has been expanded complete with an ICU," said Khofifah. .

Khofifah continued, another step that the East Java Provincial Government has taken to respond to the high increase in COVID-19 patients, is to add an Emergency Hospital. The mechanism applied is the same as that at RSDL Indrapura Surabaya.

"The hope is that the light to moderate level will be served at the Ijen Boulevard emergency hospital, while moderate to severe people will be referred to the COVID-19 referral hospital," he said.