The COVID-19 Task Force Encourages Health Workers To Immediately Vaccinate COVID-19

Illustration / Health workers in Surabaya injecting the COVID-19 vaccine

JAKARTA - Currently there are 500 thousand health workers who have received the COVID-19 vaccine. This amount, he said, was one third of the government's total target.

"To date there are more than 500 thousand health workers who have received the COVID-19 vaccine. This number is one-third of the total target of health workers who will receive the COVID-19 vaccine," said Wiku, Spokesperson for Task Force (Task Force) Handling COVID-19. Adisasmito in a press conference broadcast on the Presidential Secretariat YouTube account, Tuesday, February 2.

To accelerate the fulfillment of this target, he then encourages health workers to participate in the vaccination program launched by the government. Because, this is important for health workers to protect them from transmission of COVID-19.

"I encourage health workers to participate in this vaccination program so that it can protect and break the chain of transmission that occurs between patients and health workers," he said.

Previously, Spokesperson for COVID-19 Vaccination from the Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, also stated that 500 thousand health workers had been vaccinated and this figure shows enthusiasm and optimism for the safety and benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine.

"Vaccination is very important and has benefits that far outweigh the risks," he said.

Nadia also explained, based on the report of the National Commission on Post-Immunization Events to date, there have been no serious reactions experienced by those who have received the COVID-19 vaccine. "Currently all reactions are still mild and nothing serious," he said.

This figure also adds to optimism for the government if the target to inject 1.5 million health workers will be realized by the end of this month.

Next, the government will provide the next stage of vaccination to public service officers. At this stage, the government will use the COVID-19 vaccine from Sinovac which just arrived in Indonesia today.

"The 10 million doses we received today are planned to be used to carry out the second phase of vaccination for public service officers, providing protection for 17.4 public service officers who also work in areas exposed to COVID-19," he explained.

He said vaccines for 1.5 million health workers and 17.4 public service workers were part of the 181.5 million people who were the targets of COVID-19 vaccination. This is done to form group immunity in the community to prevent transmission of COVID-19.

"When the group's immunity to COVID-19 has been established, members of the community who cannot receive the vaccine due to their limited health conditions will be protected," said Nadia.