JAKARTA - Chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), Jusuf Kalla said that the injection of the COVID-19 vaccine independently can accelerate the government in achieving the national vaccination target within a year.
According to JK, it is impossible for the Government to catch up with vaccinations against at least 70 percent of the total population if it only relies on the free vaccine program.
"If vaccinations are to be completed within a year, at least 1 million vaccines are needed per day. This cannot be implemented by the government alone," said JK in his statement in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Friday, January 29.
JK also supports the plan to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine independently in Indonesia so that the number of people who are vaccinated will be faster.
"We support the vaccination efforts independently or in mutual cooperation because this will speed up vaccination," he said.
JK gave an example that private companies can do independent vaccines so that they can return to normal work and encourage national economic recovery.
"Say a cigarette factory has up to 25,000 employees, if the vaccine is covered by the company, that means it is free too and will ease the burden on the government and the people," he said.
Previously, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that the Government had set a target for COVID-19 vaccination against 70 percent of the population in Indonesia.
This is intended so that Indonesia can catch up with the lagging communal immunity compared to other countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Based on Budi's calculations, 70 percent of the total population of Indonesia is around 181 million people.
With the need for two doses for each person, according to him, it takes at least 362 million vaccine shots.
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