DKI Deputy Governor: No Side Effects Of Covid-19 Vaccine Injection

DKI Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria (Rizky Adytia / VOI)

JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria said that until now there have been no side effects from the COVID-19 vaccination in Jakarta.

"The president, governors, regents, mayors and other leaders have implemented, provided examples and examples. So far the vaccine given is not a problem, there are no side effects," said Riza at City Hall, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, January 19.

Riza hopes that with the first stage of vaccination for health workers and officials, the next vaccination process can run smoothly. Moreover, people who have been injected with the Sinovac vaccine will be injected again for the second time in an interval of 14 days.

"Hopefully it will run smoothly, the second vaccine and so on, all citizens who are entitled and must be vaccinated can immediately get it," said Riza.

The first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination in Jakarta is targeted at 131,000 health workers in all health service facilities in DKI Jakarta.

Each recipient will be given two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at an interval of 14 days so that approximately 262,000 Sinovac vaccines are needed for the first stage of injection for health workers.

Head of the DKI Jakarta Health Service (Dinkes) Widyastuti revealed that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has only received 120,040 Sinovac vaccines from the central government and is being injected to 60,000 health workers and 20 public figures.

Widyastuti revealed that his party is still waiting for additional COVID-19 vaccines because DKI Jakarta still needs 142,000 Sinovac vaccines to be injected to 71,000 health workers during this first period.

"In accordance with the provisions of the president, the COVID-19 vaccination program is the responsibility of the (central) government," said Widyastuti some time ago.

The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government is targeting 7,610,198 DKI residents to be given the COVID-19 vaccine so that communal immunity (herd immunity) can be achieved. After 131,000 health workers, the next group to receive the vaccine are public servants with around 500,000 people.

"Then, there are more than three million geospatial and economic vulnerable groups, more than two million business groups and also the elderly," he said.

Indeed, there is information from the Ministry of Health, apart from the age of 18 to 59 years, there are certain elderly groups who can be given vaccines. "That's 980,000 more," he said.

The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has also prepared 488 health facilities registered at the BPJS P-Care as a place for the implementation of COVID-19 vaccination which includes RSUD, vertical hospital / TNI / Polri, private hospitals, Puskesmas and government or private clinics.

The capacity for injecting vaccines in DKI Jakarta is large enough that it can be done in less than a week for 60,000 health workers. However, there must be a break of 14 days for the second injection of the vaccine.

"We have also prepared 1,498 vaccinators with a capacity of injecting 19,741 vaccine targets per day," said Widyastuti.