SURABAYA - The East Java Provincial Government has proposed to the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) the name of Deputy Governor of East Java Emil Elistianto Dardak, as the first person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa canceled being the first person, because he was still undergoing independent isolation.
The first person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine was proposed at the East Java Forkopimda coordination meeting, Friday, January 8. Apart from Emil Dardak, Deputy Governor of East Java, the Provincial Government has proposed the Pangdam V Brawijaya, Kapolda, and a number of other officials within the East Java Provincial Government to the Ministry of Health.
The director of the Dr. Soetomo Hospital in Surabaya, Joni Wahyuhadi, is included in the list. Then the Head of the East Java PKK Driving Team as well as the wife of Emil Dardak, the Deputy Governor of East Java, Arumi Bachsin.
In addition, there is the President Director of the Naval Hospital (RSAL) Dr. Ramelan, Managing Hospital Director, Dean of the Faculty of Health Unair, as well as the Head of the Center for Drug and Food Control (BBPOM) in Surabaya.
The chairman of the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) Surabaya is also included in the list proposed to be the first target of East Java's COVID-19. Also the Chairperson of the Ansor Youth and the Chair of the Muhammadiyah Youth in Surabaya.
Chairman of the East Java COVID-19 Task Force Curative Group, Joni Wahyuhadi, said that the list of names was just a proposal. According to him, the Ministry of Health has indeed asked the East Java Provincial Government to propose.
"That's just a suggestion. Because the provincial government of East Java is asked to propose. The proposal, at first like that. The one who will decide later is the COVID-19 Task Force from the center," said Joni.
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