The Governor Of Riau Islands Was Not Injected With A Vaccine Because He Had Been Exposed To COVID-19

Illustration / Sekdaprov Kepri TS Arif Fadillah symbolically releases the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to three districts / cities in Riau Islands, Wednesday (13/1) / ANTARA

TANJUNGPINANG - Riau Islands Provincial Secretary (Kepri) TS Arif Fadillah said Governor Isdianto and Chairman of the DPRD Jumaga Nadeak were not injected with the COVID-19 sinovac vaccine because they did not meet the requirements for vaccine recipients.

Arif said Isdianto did not meet the criteria because he had been exposed to COVID-19 plus he was over 59 years old. Likewise with Jumaga Nadeak who is over 59 years old.

"One of the requirements for vaccine recipients is that they are 18-59 years old, then they have never been exposed to COVID-19," said Arif in Tanjungpinang, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, January 13.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Riau Islands Provincial Health Office, M. Bisri, said that the initial vaccination in the area will be implemented on Thursday, January 14.

He said there were about 17 names of the first recipients of the sinovac vaccine, including the Riau Islands Provincial Secretary TS Arif Fadillah, a number of OPD heads, members of the DPRD, forkopimda, as well as religious and local community leaders.

"Of the 17 names, there is mine too. God willing, I am ready physically and mentally to be vaccinated," he said.

Vaccination for COVID-19 on Thursday, January 14 started at 10:00 WIB at the Raja Ahmad Thabib Hospital, Riau Islands Province in Tanjungpinang City.

Bisri said the synovac vaccine had been distributed to three regencies / cities in the Riau Islands Province, namely Tanjungpinang City, Batam City and Bintan Regency on Wednesday morning.

"The other four districts / cities will be distributed in stages, starting February 2021. This will adjust to the number of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine sent from the center to the regions," said Bisri.