The Discourse Of Paid 4th Dosage Of COVID-19 Vaccination For Not Recipients Of National Security, Vice President: In Order To Reduce Subsidy Weights

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JAKARTA - Vice President (Vice President) Ma'ruf Amin revealed the discourse of the second COVID-19 booster vaccination or a paid fourth dose to reduce subsidy spending.

"Indeed, there is a discourse for this second booster for PBI holders (recipients of contribution assistance), namely government assistance, it is exempted, but for non-PBI it is planned to pay," he said at the University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Thursday, January 26, confiscated by Antara.

"What does it mean? In order to reduce the burden on subsidies, and the second also to revive the spirit of helping each other, working together, who are strong in helping the weak," continued the Vice President.

Minister of Health (Menkes) Budi Gunadi Sadikin on Tuesday, January 24, revealed the possibility of a paid fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccination for residents who are not recipients of national health insurance contributions (jamkesnas) from the government.

The vice president said that the estimated cost would be affordable if the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccination for residents who were not recipients of national health workers was actually enforced. According to him, the government is trying not to burden the residents.

"It's not burdensome, and then people shouldn't pay because (the vaccine) doesn't want to be boosted, that's why the price doesn't (let) prevent people from doing boosters," he said.

He also said that the government is trying to get all citizens fully vaccinated against COVID-19 so that they have high resistance to corona virus infection.

After carrying out the fourth dose of vaccination or the second booster dose to health workers and the elderly, the government announced the implementation of the second booster vaccination for the target group of the general public aged 18 years and over starting January 24, 2023.

The fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccination can be given about six months after the first booster dose of vaccination.

According to data broadcast on the Ministry of Health's vaccination information page on Thursday, the total target of COVID-19 vaccination in Indonesia is 234,666,020 people.

The first, second, third doses of COVID-19 vaccination (first charger), and fourth (booster or second booster) recorded 87.02 percent, 74.59 percent, 29.51 percent, and 5.39 percent of the vaccination target.